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    The great wall of China was a great build, but was a costly build. Many died in the building of this wall. It also took over twenty-two centuries to build, and affected China’s way of life.Building this wall was not the worth the deaths or the costs. To begin with, many soldiers and peasants died in the building of this wall. Many died in the most horrible way, from starvation to disease. It wasn’t just a few soldiers that died it was thousands. Not only did it take the lives of people it weakened

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    One of China’s most recognizable symbols is the Great Wall of China. Standing at 25-feet tall and 4,000 miles long, it was made to fend off attackers from reaching the city. However, the building of such a structure raised many ethical issues, which contained a bit of significance to them. Why cost that many lives, and did the wall even work? In the end, the rebuilding of the Great Wall by the Ming Dynasty during the 14th to 17th century remains maybe one of the most questionable acts during the

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    known as “ Internationalist”, in contrast to the Ming who were known as “Isolationist”. After the Mongols ruled China and left it in ruins, the goal of the Ming Dynasty was to recenter China. They achieved this by reinforcing the Great Wall. The Great wall separated China from the rest of the world.The purpose of the wall was to provide protection, to prevent attacks on China, but the wall also served another purpose, it kept them isolated. The characteristic

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    Usually when people think about the Great Wall of China, they are thinking about just the wall itself, or the side of it that China is in. What they don’t usually think about are the people on the other side of it. The Xiongnu, who have a very interesting and barbaric history lived on that side for a time, specifically between the Qin and Han dynasties when China was weak. Because China was weak at the time, and the Xiongnu luckily had a strong leader, they were able to execute a big part of history

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    save China ancient empire one of the greatest military defenses was built, The Great Wall of China. The wall had a killing zone were most of the killing took place, and the wall was also a great shield for china to trap and kill the terrifying invaders from the north. The Great Wall of China is today the biggest construction project on earth. The great wall was built where building anything would seem impossible; across waterless desert, vertical slopes and even under water. The great wall excessed

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    Celeste's Great Wall of China Board Game This board game is on the wall of China. This game lets you learn about the Great Wall of China in your house without having to search it up. If you like to learn but at your house in your pj’s then I suggest this game to you. This board game is played with 30 spaces. There are questions about the Great Wall of China, if you get it wrong, then you go back as many spaces as the card tells you. However, if you get it right then you go up as many spaces accordingly

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    What is a wall? According to dictionary.com a wall is any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter,protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors,roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc. A wall can be so much more though. It can be a symbol of great power and might or it can be a show of technological

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    economy. The Great Wall of China started circa 221 BCE. The wall has protected the whole of China from enemies ever since its completion in 206 BCE. The benefits of the Great Wall outweighed the costs because it protected China, made it more prosperous and united, and conveyed Chinese innovation. One way the Great Wall helped China of by protecting it. According to the background essay, the Great Wall’s purpose was to shield China from Mongol invaders. In addition to this, the Great Wall of China protected

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    Qin dynasty is a very important dynasty in the China history. It evolved from the state of Qin of the Warring States Period. Qin Dynasty was also known as the first dynasty to unify China. Emperor Qin managed to defeat six kingdoms one by one and eliminated all his enemies. However, in 221BC Emperor Qin decided to build a large building known as the Great Wall of China. He did that because he wanted to defend the Qin Dynasty that period from northern barbarians invading into the dynasty and disrupting

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    ever in fact). That is until now, when I studied in China. I didn't expect to be so profoundly impacted by this but I was. Furthermore, I was able to connect with what I learned in class prior to visiting China, by visiting and experiencing those historical sites and artifacts. Take the Great Wall of China for example: I've learned about it in class for years. I learned about the process of how it was built, how it impacted the people of China as well as the surrounding people. But, I never felt

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