Why was the Great Wall of China Built. Was there a purpose for it. And why is it in so bad of a shape.?
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It was built over hundreds of years by many different dynasties to protect the empires from invading armies, and is in such bad shape because it's thousands of years old. (think weathering and erosion)
1116647
I don't neccessarily know about strongest, but there are actively building their military at an incredible rate. What is most alarming is that they seem to only be focusing on improving their offensive potential. China has no real security threats in Asia to defend against, so peolple should ask themselves, why an offensive build up?
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tonymacroni, another great question, and here is the answer:\n\nGreat Wall of China\n\nA landfill in North America\n\nThe pyramids\n\nHoover Dam\n\nJoan Rivers face\n\nPat Boones shoes\n\nJimmy Hoffas grave\n\nI hope this answers your question....
965877
The main reason in being in Afghanistan is to be close to China! Let us think that all the wars post WWII we are working on surrounding China! [I do not know the reasons, but I have some ideas!]
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The Great Wall of China (Simplified Chinese: 万里长城; Traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; Hanyu Pinyin: Wànlĭ Chángchéng; literally "10,000 Li¹ long wall"), is an ancient Chinese fortification built circa 200 BC and greatly strengthened from the 14th century until the beginning of the 17th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect the Ming empire from raids by the Mongols and Turkic tribes. It was preceded by several walls built since the 3rd century BC against the raids of nomadic tribes coming from areas in modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria. The Wall stretches over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Gulf in the east, at the limit between China proper and Manchuria, to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (refer to University of Washington: A. The Main Caravan Routes (b) The “Central Route” or “Middle Route.”).
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The Great Wall of China stretches across approximately 6,700 kilometers, according to the first link, and has an average height of 10 meters and a width of 5 meters for sections built in the Ming dynasty.\n\nEncarta mentions that measurements of the wall vary, because there are secondary walls, and such. "The Great Wall is about 2,400 km (about 1,500 mi) long, according to conservative estimates. Other estimates cite a length of 6,400 km (4,000 mi), or even longer."\nEncarta reports that around Beijing, the Ming dynasty-built sections of the wall are: "At their most impressive, around Beijing, the walls measured at least 7.6 m (25 ft) in height and up to 9 m (30 ft) in width, tapering from the base to the top."
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China has a wall, why can't we?
65641
Check Discovery and A&E group shows.  The Great Wall is actually lots of walls built over a long period of time using varying techniques according to technology, terrain, and available materials.
477380
The purpose for digging the hole was never clear to me. At first, I thought that there were using it as a means for Clive Owen to hid in before they built the false set of shelves. The fact that it was linked to the only sewage system also intrigued me. I guess it was just used to store waste, and nothing more, but it seemed rather strange that so much attention was paid to it.
432346
On the contrary.  Haven't you heard, there are plans to build the Great Wall of Mexico.  And as far as the remaining borders, including the Canadian border, the plans are to increase the documentation requirements for traveling across the borders.
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I'm not doing your homework for you.  But I'll take the 2 points!\n\nOh well, uh China like killed a bunch of like people b/c of the need for all the men to wear queues as a way of submission to the Emperor & they like chose death instead. Wait that wasn't a benefit...
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I think a wall should be built only if/when we decide to enforce our own immigration laws otherwise it will not do any good.  It has to be in phases, you build a wall, and then what, amnesty, guest worker programs, what would be next?  Something realistic I hope because some of the solutions Ive seen on here are a little extreme and not going to happen ever, the people who suggest them while claiming to be so smart, really aren't if they think that will be allowed or even lawful.
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How many of you out there remember this same BS when the Soviets were building the Berlin wall?  Ask the Russians and Germans how much they benefited from building their wall to keep out undesireables.  Oh wait, the Soviet Union is no more and the Germanys are back together and the wall came tumbling down.\n\nGo read some history about the great wall of China.  Why it was built and why it didn't work either.
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they did not accomplish anything. the wall was only effective for a short time before germans started feeling the need to tare it down. Communism did suffer a great deal look at communism now. how many communist countries are actually doing better than a democracy country like ourselves. the answer...none.also germany did not thrive look at the overall productivity before and after the wall. country trading/buying/selling everything has become more freely run and is doing as good as any other country as far as income for the country.
1062141
Hadrian built his wall to separate Romans from barbarians.  The barbarians being those in Scotland who refused to come under the power of the Roman Emperor.
305996
Wugga is right-The Great Wall of China can NOT be seen from orbital space, and was NOT seen by the astronauts-that is a myth, and the astronauts themselves have no idea where it came from.  Regardless of how long the Wall is, its only a few yards wide-far far too small to be seen from hundereds of miles away.  However, the land reclaimed from the sea in the Netherlands is visible from orbit, and Dubai is building an artificial island that is already visible from space with the naked eye.
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The Great Wall of China (as it is called) was built to protect the ancient Chinese from the invading Mongol tribes in modern day Mongolia (just north of China).