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Burning the Books, illustration from 'Hutchinsons History of the Nations', c.1910 (litho)

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IL314823
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Burning the Books, illustration from 'Hutchinsons History of the Nations', c.1910 (litho)
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Burton, H.M. (20th century) / English
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lithograph
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executing Confucianist intellectuals loyal to the princes and burning their books; a policy and a sequence of events in the Qin Dynasty of China, between the period of 213 and 206 BC; Qin Shi Huang's chancellor Li Si suggested suppressing the freedom of speech, unifying all thoughts and political opinions;

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China / Asia / communism / book / asia / control / guards / asian / clampdown / suppression / guard / cast / oppression / educated classes / scholar / fire / power / literate / scholars / throwing / communism / chinese / thrown / learned men / ch'in dynasty / Engraving / Mzengraving
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Largest available format 3774 × 5663 px 13 MB
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Large 3774 × 5663 px 320 × 479 mm 12.5 MB
Medium 683 × 1024 px 58 × 87 mm 1.0 MB

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