Why was the Great Wall built?

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The Great Wall of China was built mainly to protect the Chinese Empire from the Mongolians and other invaders

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The Great Wall was built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC. The most famous is the wall built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang; little of it remains; it was much farther north than the current wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty. Built to withstand the attack of small arms such as swords and spears, these walls were made mostly by stamping earth and gravel between board frames.

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The great wall of China was built between 220 b.c and 200 bc..Which was the Ming Dynasty....It was after Battle of Tumu did they see the importance since they couldn't defend their intire area,so basically mongols attacked china,china built a great wall to defend it self.

Answer 4

It was built in China to protect the villagers from attack. The wall is about 1500 miles long and as tall as a 3-story building. For hundreds of years it provided adequate protection. Hundreds of years later...planes were invented. Didn't see that coming...did they? Amazing feat!

Answer 5

the great wall is basically just pieces of smaller "walls" that WAS built way back... a emperor just decided to connect the walls all together to keep the Mongolians and other people away

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The Great Wall of China (Simplified Chinese: 长城; Traditional Chinese: 長城; pinyin: Chángchéng; literally "Long wall") or (Simplified Chinese: 万里长城; Traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng; literally "The long wall of 10,000 Li (里)"[1]) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC. The most famous is the wall built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang; little of it remains; it was much farther north than the current wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_wall_of_china

Answer 7

To keep out the Huns! An invading army/culture from north central Europe during the second and third centuries

Answer 8

It was built to keep out my ancestors(I think) the maurading tribes. I saw it on a PBS special about the people that still live in that region. Walls are always built to keep something in or keep something out or both.

Answer 9

great wall of what??? there's so many things and places name great wall.. great wall of china.. and lots more..

The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.). In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li Long Wall (10,000 Li = about 5,000 km).

After subjugating and uniting China from seven Warring States, the emperor connected and extended four old fortification walls along the north of China that originated about 700 B.C. (over 2500 years ago). Armies were stationed along the wall as a first line of defense against the invading nomadic Hsiung Nu tribes north of China (the Huns). Signal fires from the Wall provided early warning of an attack.

The Great Wall is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is constructed of masonry, rocks and packed-earth. It was over 5,000 km (=10,000 Li) long. Its thickness ranged from about 4.5 to 9 meters (15 to 30 feet) and was up to 7.5 meters (25 feet) tall.

During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added.

The Great Wall can be seen from Earth orbit, but, contrary to legend, is not visible from the moon, according to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Jim Irwin.

Answer 10

To keep out the mongolians