Why did they build the Berlin Wall in the first place? Who built it?
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The East German government, which was a surrogate of communist Russia, built the Berlin wall.  The purpose of the wall was to separate the two Germany's, but more importantly, to keep the east Berliners from escaping to the west.  To freedom.\nThe wall idea was conceived by the communist party.  It was finally torn down because the soviet influence and financial resources had gone south.  The Russians could no longer subsidize east Germany.  In the meantime, other pressures were being brought to bear.  In Poland, the labor unions were turning on the communist party.  In Russia itself, the idea of a democracy was becoming a reality.  These events overwhelmed the communist party and it was forced to capitulate to the will of the people.
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Great Wall of China  \nEssentials Flights/Hotels Maps Facts Information China Visa The Great Wall of China\nA defensive wall on the northern border was built and maintained by several dynasties at different times in Chinese history. There have been five major walls:\n\n208 BC (Qin Dynasty) \n1st century BC (Han Dynasty \n7th century CE (Sui Dynasty) \n1138 - 1198 (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period) \n1368 - 1640 (from Hongwu Emperor until Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty) \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 by joining several regional walls built by the Warring States. The walls that were linked together at this time consisted of rammed earth with watch towers built at regular intervals. It was located much further north than the current Great Wall with its eastern end at modern day North Korea.
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The Berlin Wall, initially constructed in 1961 and dismantled in the weeks following November 9, 1989, was the most prominent part of the GDR border system and was an iconic symbol of the Cold War.\n\nConceived by the East German administration of Walter Ulbricht and approved by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, the wall was a long separation barrier between West Berlin and East Germany, which permanently closed the border between East and West Berlin for a period of 28 years. \n\nIt was built during the post-World War II period of divided Germany, in an effort to stop the drain of labour and economic output associated with the daily migration of huge numbers of professionals and skilled workers between East and West Berlin, and the attendant defections, which had political and economic consequences for the Communist bloc. It effectively decreased emigration from 2.5 million between 1949 and 1962 to 5,000 between 1962 and 1989.\n\nHowever, the creation of the Wall was a propaganda disaster for East Germany and for the communist bloc as a whole. It became a key symbol of what Western powers regarded as Communist tyranny, particularly after the high-profile shootings of would-be defectors. \n\nPolitical liberalization in the late 1980s, associated with the decline of the Soviet Union, led to relaxed border restrictions in East Germany, culminating in mass demonstrations and the fall of the East German government. \n\nWhen a government statement that crossing of the border would be permitted was broadcast on November 9, 1989, masses of East Germans approached and then crossed the wall, and were joined by crowds of West Germans in a celebratory atmosphere. \n\nThe Wall was subsequently destroyed by a euphoric public over a period of several weeks, and its fall was the first step toward German reunification, which was formally concluded on October 3, 1990.
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THE DMZ AND THE BERLIN WALL ARE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS,, THE BERLIN WALL WAS BUILT BY EAST GERMANY TO KEEP THIER PEOPLE FROM FLEEING TO THE WEST,, THE DMZ JUST SEPERATES THE NORTH FROM THE SOUTH,, THERE IS NO WALL,, ITS TO BIG FOR A WALL
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WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS OF OUR OWN.  WHY WOULD WE WANT TO TAKE ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL FABRIC OF MEXICO?  OUR TAXES WOULD SOAR.  THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN.  GERMAN CITIZENS SAW THEIR TAXES RISE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN THEY WERE BURDENED WITH THE REBUILDING OF EASTERN GERMANY.
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It depends on the country.  People want to move to the USA, so it is to keep them out.  If you live in a bad country, like when there was East Germany, they had to build a wall to keep people in.
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To the people of China(which I am one of), it represents their glory of achieving a great architectural wonder; a memoir of their magnificence. It was originally created to guard China against Mongols and other foes, though.
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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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William Messerschmitt. It was the first OPERATIONAL jet fighter, used in the Battle of Berlin.\n\nErnst Heinkel built the Heinkel He 280. It was the first jet-powered aircraft.\n\n\nI give up on the Nautilus though.
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Great question-- except the Berlin Wall was put up not only to keep outside people from influencing the inside, but keeping the people from leaving as well. \n\nYou have to remember, whether or not you agree with the issue of illegal immigration in the United States, that the people who are coming into this country illegally are breaking the law. The law is there for a reason, and if law is not enforced then it influences decay. \n\nAn argument a lot of people use is that many of our ancestors immigrated here, and that is true, except that most of our ancestors did so legally and went through a formal process-- a process that all mexicans are free to follow through on their own. Why don't they? Why should they get special benefits over people who wait years to get in this country?
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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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put up a huge brick wall like the Berlin wall was.
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Basically, after the war Germany was divided in two, East Germany and West germany \nA Common misconception is that Berlin is on the line between the two \n\nIN FACT it is NOT, Berlin is quite deep into East germany, but the West Germans wanted to have a bit of their capital city, so Berlin was divided in 2 and West Germans going to Berlin would have to cross the border far from Berlin and then drive to Berlin from there.\n\nThe East Germans couldn't go round the Berlin and behind the wall because there was a wall all the way round it to prevent this,
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They built the wall to protect the Ming Empire from raids from other tribes like the Mongols and the Turkics. There are some claims that as many as 1 000 000 people died while building the wall, which is why the Great Wall has been nicknamed "The Longest Cemetery on Earth"\n\nI hope this helped...good luck on your speech!
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Moscow started out as just a village.  Who knows who founded it?  If I remember my Russian history right, I think that it was Ivan the Terrible who made Moscow the strongest city in Russia, and began to form a "Russian" nation.
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The great wall was built by people..the grand cayon is the result of water movement causing erosion.   The great wall is above ground, the grand canyon is below ground level.  The great wall took several generations to build. The grand cayon took several milenia to form.  The great wall is deteriorating, the grand canyon keeps growing little by little.
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While concerned, Britain and France both basically gave Germany what it wanted during the Munich Conference of 1938, believing that the decision would prevent war and stop Germany's expansionist moves.\nIn 1939, Germany invaded Poland and World War II began.