what year was the great wall of China built?
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http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/\n\nNo one can tell precisely when the building of the Great Wall was started but it is popularly believed that it originated as a military fortification against intrusion by tribes on the borders during the earlier Zhou Dynasty. Late in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC), the ducal states extended the defence work and built "great" structures to prevent the attacks from other states. It was not until the Qin Dynasty that the separate walls, constructed by the states of Qin, Yan and Zhao kingdoms, were connected to form a defensive system on the northern border of the country by Emperor Qin Shi Huang (also called Qin Shi Huangdi by westerners or the First Emperor). After the emperor unified the country in 214 BC, he ordered the construction of the wall. It took about ten years to finish and the wall stretched from Linzhao (in the eastern part of today's Gansu Province) in the west to Liaodong (in today's Jilin Province) in the east. The wall not only served as a defence in the north but also symbolized the power of the emperor.
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The answer is in the following link:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
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For China check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China#History and for Japan check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan#History\n\nGood Luck too you!!!
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A well built wall will also become a tourist attraction.  Look at all of the people who travel to China and visit the Great Wall.  (My friend went to China and visited the wall.  She said it is a major attraction.)\n\nWhat an idea.
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The first two things that came into my mind when you asked China were:\n\nGreat wall of China and Cutelry (Old china)
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Since the question is in wordplay section, the answer is \n"0 days".\n\n The wall is already built. :)
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On October 1, 1949, Mao declared the formation of the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Square\n\nA decade ago, massive pro-democracy protests were staged at Tiananmen, the world's largest square. The square had been scheduled to open ahead of the sensitive anniversary of the June 4, 1989 government crackdown, when Chinese army tanks and armored vehicles crush the protests, killing hundreds.
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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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Estimates of the total length of the Great Wall of China vary, depending on which sections are included and how they are measured. 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.\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569621/Great_Wall_(China).html\n\nThe Eiffel tower is 324 m (1,063 ft) high, including a flagpole at the top.\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568563/Eiffel_Tower.html
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Berlin Wall, 1961–89, a barrier first erected in Aug., 1961, by the East German government along the border between East and West Berlin, and later extended along the entire border between East Germany and West Germany. It was built to halt large numbers of defections and to prevent E. Berliners commuting to the West. Erected at a time of growing tension between East and West, the barbed wire was eventually replaced by concrete topped with wire. In 1989, after hundreds of thousands of East Germans had fled westward via Hungary and Czechoslovakia, on Nov. 9, the beleaguered East German regime lifted travel restrictions, and days later dismantling of the wall began. Built to keep people in, the wall was dismantled in a failed gamble by the Communists to keep power. By Jan., 1990, the regime was selling large slabs of the wall for hard currency, and had set December for its total demolition. In Oct., 1990, however, East Germany was formally reabsorbed into the Federal Republic of Germany and only short sections of the wall remained standing, as memorials.
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May 10, 1954\n\nhttp://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9343590?tocId=9343590
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(m)\n\nThe Great Wall of China, also known in China as the Great Wall of 10,000, is an ancient Chinese fortification built from the end of the 14th century until the beginning of the 17th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect China 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 now in modern day Mongolia and Manchuria.The Wall stretches over a formidable 6,350 km (3,946 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. \n\nThe first major wall was built during the reign of the First Emperor, the main emperor of the short-lived Qin dynasty. This wall was not constructed as a single endeavor, but rather was created by the joining of several regional walls built by the Warring States. It was located much further north than the current Great Wall, and very little remains of it. A defensive wall on the northern border was built and maintained by several dynasties at different times in Chinese history. The Great Wall that can still be seen today was built during the Ming Dynasty, on a much larger scale and with longer lasting materials (solid stone used for the sides and the top of the Wall) than any wall that had been built before. The primary purpose of the wall was not to keep out people, who could scale the wall, but to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their horses or return easily with stolen property.
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dunno. fall of the wall in 89, is my guess.
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The Great Wall of China (Simplified Chinese: 万里长城; Traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; Pinyin: Wànlĭ Chángchéng; literally "10,000 Li¹ long wall") is a Chinese fortification built from 3rd century BC until the beginning of the 17th century, in order to protect the various dynasties from raids by Mongol, Turkic, and other nomadic tribes coming from areas in modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria. Several walls were built since the 3rd century BC, the most famous being the Great Wall built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, which was located much further north than the current Great Wall of China built during the Ming Dynasty, and little remains.\n\nThe Wall stretches over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea 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
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July 1884\n\nI hope this helps ... the link below explains more and is very informative as well.\n\n- Alan
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The History and Development of The Great Wall of China\nThe Great Wall of China is not a continuous wall but is a collection of short walls that often follow the crest of hills on the southern edge of the Mongolian plain. Overall, the wall extends about 1500 miles (2400 kilometers).\n\nA first set of walls, designed to keep Mongol nomads out of China, were built of earth and stones in wood frames during the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE).\n\nSome additions and modifications were made to these simple walls over the next millennium but the major construction of the "modern" walls began in the Ming Dynasty (1388-1644 CE).\n\nThe Ming fortifications were established in new areas from the Qin walls. They were up to 25 feet (7.6 meters) high, 15 to 30 feet (4.6 to 9.1 meters) wide at the base, and from 9 to 12 feet (2.7 to 3.7 meters) wide at the top (wide enough for marching troops or wagons). At regular intervals, guard stations and watch towers were established.\n\nSince the Great Wall was discontinuous, Mongol invaders had no trouble breaching the wall by going around it, so the wall proved unsuccessful and was eventually abandoned. Additionally, a policy of mollification during the subsequent Ch'ing Dynasty that sought to pacify the Mongol leaders through religious conversion also helped to limit the need for the wall.\n\nThrough Western contact with China from the 17th through 20th centuries, the legend of the Great Wall of China grew along with tourism to the wall. Restoration and rebuilding took place in the 20th century and in 1987 the Great Wall of China was made a World Heritage Site. Today, a portion of the Great Wall of China about 50 miles (80 km) from Beijing receives thousands of tourists each day.\n\nFor further study please check the following sites:\nhttp://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/greatwall.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China\n\nI also have included a google search check it out:\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-09,GGLJ:en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=info+about+the+great+wall+of+china&spell=1\n\nI hope this helps. All the best for your history class. May God Bless You.
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it runs along the Northern border with Mongolia, the wall was built to keep the Mongolian army out of China