2006-09-21 19:15:02 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
to keep out the rabbits.
2006-09-21 19:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by hugo76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great wall was first built in 656BC- maybe eariler in the state of Chu. Seperate states tore apart the nation at the time as they fought wars with each other. The wall of the state of Chu built for military defense and proved to be effective. Then other states followed suits. The lenght of wall of each state vary from a few hundred kms to one or two thousand.
ALL these walls failed to block the advanced of armies of the Qin state. In the year 221BC, Emperor Shihuang unified the country and established the Qin,China's first feudal dynasty. For a time, those walls seems no longer necessary.
However, the nomadic Xiongnu ethnic group in the north often made incursions into the Qin territory. To defend the empire's northern borders, emperor shihuang ordered a project to have the walls linked up and extended.
That's how the Great wall came into being, extending east to west for well over 5000kms.
2006-09-22 06:19:25 · answer #2 · answered by Chanel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beginning in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) to prevent northern nomadic tribes from invading their territory Chinese rulers built the Great Wall which is known as the "10 000-li (5000 km) wall" in China and one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.
2006-09-22 03:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Great Wall of China was built to protect the various dynasties from raids by Hunnic, Mongol, Turkic, and other nomadic tribes coming from modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria. The building of this structure took hundreds of years starting from about 300 BC.
2006-09-22 03:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Great Wall of China was built because the Chinese were bored. No television, movies, comic books...I mean what better way to pass the time then lay one stone upon another for a zillion miles!!
2006-09-22 04:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by armand000007 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The chinese built the great wall in order to keep out the golden horde, or khanate empire from breaching the western borders.
2006-09-22 02:17:28 · answer #6 · answered by kellerxiii 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Emperor Nasi Goring had it built to keep out the rabbits as there were too many in China.
2006-09-22 02:24:04 · answer #7 · answered by paulinew 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the wall was built as a defense strategy against invaders to the north, but it didnt really work as they just went around the wall.
2006-09-22 11:22:38 · answer #8 · answered by ME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to prevent the mongolians from invading China. it did work and still stands today as a wonder of the world
2006-09-22 02:24:00 · answer #9 · answered by zaraki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they had nothing better to do. Actually, it was to keep the marauding Mongols out of China and to protect its villagers and farmers.
2006-09-22 02:23:17 · answer #10 · answered by bloop87 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was too keep invaders from Russia out of China.
2006-09-22 02:17:44 · answer #11 · answered by Chase 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋