HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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It was built to make travel on the Silk Road easier.
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It was part of the emperor’s palace.
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It was a path into India.
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It was protection from nomadic tribes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Wall of China was built over centuries by China’s emperors to protect their territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Wall of China was built as a military defensive line to defend the invasions from some northern nomadic nations. Apart from the function of defense, the wall also boosted the economy, as well as promoted the culture exchange and national integration of different nations at its two sides.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Emperor Qin Shihuang’s contribution to the design of the Wall is considered to be of great importance as it ensured peace for the people in the northern part of China against the Huns and established a pattern of defense for future generations. The Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty was built at the expense of many lives.
Detailed explanation-5: -Why did he do so? The Qin Empire was threatened by the Huns (the Mongol Empire of the time) in the north. In 215 BC, he sent general Meng Tian to build the Great Wall, using the basis of the northern states’ Great Walls to defend against the Huns.