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    The Great Wall of China is one of the most beautiful and biggest ancient structure. In ancient times it was very well maintained and now it is sort of maintained because 30% of the wall is gone. The wall shows pride and culture to china even though 30% of the wall is gone and now there are laws in place to protect and maintain the wall. However most of the wall if gone is from human damage. Many different people helped built the wall like soldiers, people, and criminals. The wall’s construction

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    The Great Wall of China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? For thousands years, the Mongols have been a big threat to the Chinese civilization. The Great Wall of China took about 2000 years to build and finish. It has been measured to be over 5,488 miles long. Due to the many threats and enemies of Chinese, the wall was built. In my opinion, the benefits of building the wall do outweigh the costs for many reasons surrounding the topic. The first benefit from building the wall was how it created

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    Camille Ewing Great Wall of China Research Paper Rough Draft Great Wall of China Introduction: The Great Wall of China is one of China’s greatest achievements. It is a historical form of protection for the Chinese people, and it serves as a tourist attraction today, as well as a barrier between China and its invaders. The main purpose of its building was to stop invasions, and keep its people protected. Now, it symbolizes national strength and makes the people feel safe and proud. The main purpose

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    A cruel emporer who sent his own people to die, for a wall which is just as protective as paper against fire, a wall that still couldn´t save the dynasty from falling. The Qin in 221 BCE and Han in 206 BCE commanded the construction of a grand wall using forced labor. They wanted to keep the Xiongnu who lived on chinaś northern border out and for good. They constructed this wall with hang’tu or pounded earth, by making a frame then pounding dirt in between the frame and finally removing the frame

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    was the first emperor of China, and did some astounding feats like bringing together all of the seven warring states. Many people argue that Shi Huangdi improved China for the better by helping build highways, improving irrigation, creating government standards for currency and writing, and making business easier, but in truth Shi Huangdi was a terrible leader for China. For one thing, this man made nearly 1,000,000 peasants and criminals build The Great Wall of China. Not only did these people

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    The Great Wall of China is known as an amazing tourist site. Most people see the wall to protect China But did it really? The Great Wall only really helped ancient China for a few years and now just not not helping no one. It both helped and hurt China. The benefits didn't outweigh the costs because the wall values over $360 billion dollars. China already had enough soldiers, and killed millions of people. To begin too many people died building the Great Wall of China. Chinese citizens took too

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    What was the wall made out of? The wall was made out of several things. One of the things was stone. The next thing that was used was brick. Another thing that was as well used was tamped earth which is a pack of earth. The last thing that was used was wood. Why was the wall built? The wall was built because one time the Mongols invaded china. The reason that they built it was to stop the mongols to invade china. In the north of china was a way that the mongols would invade china. When was

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    Great Wall Of China

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    Imagine a world without China a world without exotic but exquisite cuisine, a world without healthy alternatives to bland water such as green tea, and a world without everyday objects such as paper and silk. this might seem silly, but with without the Great Wall of china, built by the Han and Qin dynasties, China might not exist today. Although many people died during the building process the benefits of the wall outweigh the cost by protecting China, impressing visitors, and becoming a historical

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    The Great Wall Of China

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    collectively achieve the objectives. The Great Wall of China is an example of the history of the success goal of organization. Ming dynasty, Zhengtong Emperor has forced approximately 2 to 3 millions labor to build the defense wall to protect the empire and also border control that could encourage trade. With the Zhengtong Emperor led the organization of collective effort of the people, the result is 8851.8 kilometers of defense wall, with combined of previous built great wall is 21,196 kilometers, becoming

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    The Great Wall of China is the world’s longest wall and biggest ancient architecture. The Great Wall was finished/opened in 206 BC which meant that the Great Wall took approximately 20 years to build.. There are several reasons why the benefits outweighed the costs, such as, the Great Wall protected China, there would be no more Xiongnu invasions, and the Great Wall follows the famed Silk Road. So, the benefits outweighed the costs in my opinion. To start, the Great Wall protected China. This meant

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