HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To stop flooding
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To protect against invasion
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To stop the Chinese from leaving the area
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -For millennia, Chinese leaders instituted wall-building projects to protect the land from northern, nomadic invaders.
Detailed explanation-2: -To consolidate the territory and protect the country from the harassment of the northern nomadic tribes, he ordered the construction of the 5, 000-kilometer Great Wall, starting from Liaodong Bay in the east and ending in Lintao of Gansu Province in the west.
Detailed explanation-3: -The wall was built to help keep out northern invaders like the Mongols. Smaller walls had been built over the years, but the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, decided that he wanted a single giant wall to protect his northern borders.
Detailed explanation-4: -In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world’s largest military structure.