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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: From protecting China from invading nomads of the north, the Great Wall also protected the Silk Road. The Hans built and extended the wall to protect the trade routes specifically those in Central Asia that were in constant threat from bandits.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its long and vivid history, the Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from barbarian nomads.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jin Dynasty built the Great Wall twice: once from 1194 to 1201 to keep out the Tangut people and other small nomadic tribes; and again from 1210 to 1211 to keep out the Mongols.