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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Great Wall of China began to be built during the ____
A
Qin Dynasty
B
Song Dynasty
C
Tang Dynasty
D
Shang Dynasty
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Around 220 B.C.E., Qin Shi Huang, also called the First Emperor, united China. He masterminded the process of uniting the existing walls into one. At that time, rammed earth and wood made up most of the wall.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historians usually consider the defensive walls built during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE) and the Warring States period (475–221 BCE) to be the first sections of what would eventually become the structure known as the Great Wall of China, putting the wall at almost 3, 000 years old.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty starts at Lintao (Min County, Gansu Province) and ends at the east of Liaoning Province, stretching for over 5, 000 kilometers (3, 107 miles).

Detailed explanation-4: -Construction of the series of Great Walls thus began. In 221B. C., Qin Shi Huang conquered the other six ducal states, unified China, became the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-207B.

Detailed explanation-5: -Finally, Qin Shi Huang began the building of the Great Wall of China, one of the greatest construction feats of all time, to protect the nation against barbarians. Seven hundred thousand forced laborers were used in building the wall, and thousands of them were crushed beneath the massive gray rocks.

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