Stake attention in this memory
This is an informational exhibit in a museum in Beijing, China, located at latitude 39.742 and longitude 116.326. The exhibit is about the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227), which was a dynasty in China based in present-day Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is comprised of a large informational panel with Chinese and English text and two photographs. The top photograph shows a close-up of a black clay tablet, the bottom photograph shows a landscape of desert dunes and a small, white, pagoda-like structure. The panel explains that the Western Xia dynasty was a powerful dynasty that issued official documents in the form of clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform script. The panel also states that archaeological discoveries in 1908, including the discovery of black clay tablets with text on them, helped historians to understand the Western Xia Dynasty. The panel explains that the Western Xia Dynasty government had a strong bureaucracy, with officials dedicated to the production of these clay tablets. The bottom photograph shows a site where the Western Xia Dynasty clay tablets were likely made, called the "Water Brick Site."
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