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224: 224 Births, 224 Deaths, Pei Xiu, Saint Mercurius, Jia Xu, Battle of Hormizdegan, Julia Maesa, List of State Leaders in 224

224: 224 Births, 224 Deaths, Pei Xiu, Saint Mercurius, Jia Xu, Battle of Hormizdegan, Julia Maesa, List of State Leaders in 224


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Chapters: 224 Births, 224 Deaths, Pei Xiu, Saint Mercurius, Jia Xu, Battle of Hormizdegan, Julia Maesa, List of State Leaders in 224, Jungcheon of Goguryeo, Zhu Zhi, Bao Xun, Yong Kai, 224 Ad. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pei Xiu (224271 AD) was a minister, geographer, and cartographer of the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period of China, as well as the subsequent Jin Dynasty. Pei Xiu was very much trusted by Sima Zhao, and participated in the suppression of Zhuge Dan's coup. Following Sima Yan taking the throne of the newly established Jin Dynasty, he and Jia Chong had Cao Huang deprived of his position to accord to the will of heaven. In the year 267, Pei was appointed as the Minister of Works for the Jin Dynasty. Pei Xiu outlined and analyzed the advancements of cartography, surveying, and mathematics up until his time. He criticized earlier Han Dynasty maps for their lack of precision and quality when representing scale and measured distances, although 20th century archeological excavations and findings of maps predating the 3rd century prove otherwise. There is also evidence that Zhang Heng (78139 AD) was the first to establish the grid reference system in Chinese cartography. An early Western-Han-dynasty (202 BC 9 AD) silk map found in tomb 3 of Mawangdui, depicting the Kingdom of Changsha and Kingdom of Nanyue in southern China (note: the south direction is oriented at the top, north at the bottom).Pei is best known for his work in cartography. Although professional map-making and use of the grid had existed in China before him, he was the first to mention a plotted geometrical grid reference and graduated scale displayed on the surface of maps to gain greater accuracy in the estimated distance between different locations....More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=548223


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157754923
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 42
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 77 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157754929
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 224 Births, 224 Deaths, Pei Xiu, Saint Mercurius, Jia Xu, Battle of Hormizdegan, Julia Maesa, List of State Leaders in 224
  • Width: 229 mm


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