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During the Qin Dynasty, there were no tools or machines to help build wall. By the time of the Han Dynasty, there were handcarts, levers, ropes, and cranks to raise and lower materials.

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Donkeys and goats both carried materials for the wall at times.

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The Yumenguan, Yangguan, Yanmenguan, and Niangziguan passes were built into the wall during the Han dynasty. These passes controlled entry and exit through the wall.

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The Great Wall of The Qin Dynasty had watchtowers built every few miles.

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Qin Shi Huangdi, a Qin emporer, demanded a 10,000 Li wall to be built.
10,000 Li = 1,760 Ft

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The Shang dynasty built the earliest, fairly protective walls.

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What were the walls of different dynastys?

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What were the walls of different dynastys?

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Questions: When were each of the parts built?

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Questions: When were each of the parts built?

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Main Topic: The Great Wall of Ancient China.

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Main Topic: The Great Wall of Ancient China.

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The first emperor of the Qin dynasty (and the first of China), was Win Shih Huang Ti, had General Meng Tian command the building of the first, huge stretches of the wall.

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The earliest parts of the wall were built to protect crops of farmers.

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There were barrel drains to funnel rainwater.

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The silk road followed the great wall because it was the safest place to travel.

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The builders of the wall lived in poorly built houses, and slept on the ground.

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The Great Wall Of China, by Lesley A. Dutemple

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The Great Wall Of China, by Lesley A. Dutemple

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Excavating The Past; Ancient China, by Jane Shuter

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Excavating The Past; Ancient China, by Jane Shuter

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The wall is a symbol of national pride, although it is useless in combat in this day and age.

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The wall is on the northern border of China.

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The wall didn't just keep invaders out, but it also kept the Chinese in.

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There is a Great Wall of the Qin dynasty, Han dynasty, Ming dynasty ect.

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The Great Wall isn't one wall, it is many walls together, that were changed and rebuilt by different emperors.

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The walls nickname is the longest graveyard in the world because of how many people died building it.

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If the Great Wall didn't have big loops it would be 2,700kms long.

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The rich and poor were separated. The rich always had much bigger homes.

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The first Chinese dynasty started in c.e 1279.