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  • The War Against Wall The Great Wall of China was initially assembled as separated walls by distinct states prior to the union of China to secure their land from invasions. The wall was confirmed to prevent any invasion attempts and savage attacks from the northern nomadic tribes and dynasties. Yet, Genghis Khan, a known leader who united northern nomadic tribes, managed to penetrate the wall and able to conquer northern China, which spread all over the state afterwards. Following the Mongol Empire, China was once again back to the leadership of the countrymen; this time, the Ming Dynasty came forth to be the most powerful. During the Ming Dynasty, the notion of the Great Wall was revived once again. The Ming Dynasty restored, reconstruct, and further elongated the Great Wall of China under its 10 year endeavor. Their countrymen embraced the strategies employed by Mongols to penetrate the walls. They further expanded it to the desert where the nomadic tribes used to came from. Unlike the earlier walls, Ming used affilorama stones instead of rammed earth to strengthen it, and devoted on reconstruction and repair of the walls as Mongols continued their attempts. This explains why others claim that the construction of the Great Wall of China was finished in 1644 under the Ming Dynasty. 723 beacon towers and 7,062 lookout towers of today entire Great Wall of China can describe that the "wall" was purposely built for protection motives. As told, they were initially constructed as barriers between states during the Warring Period, and after between the land of Qin Dynasty and also the northern dynasties. They also tactically served, although proven not successful in driving away invaders, to slow down invading attempts to penetrate into the Qin's land. Nonetheless, unlike other defense mechanisms of any nation today, the Great Wall of China costs no sum upon building. Men that physically contributed to building the construction received no sum in hand. They were made to job, establishing the Great Wall during the Qin Dynasty. They were driven to seo pressor slaves beneath the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Gossips even said that a large number of workers died in fatigue and starvation, which their bodies were buried in the wall the reign of Emperor Qin. During the early times, the Great Wall of China justified its goal of stopping war between dynasties, although not before the Mongol invaders penetrated the wall and invade most of China. To the right is a picture of a Beacon tower. Furthermore, conflicts again appeared in the Great Wall of China between Chinese and Japanese soldiers. During the 20th century, several bloody battles were witnessed by the Great Wall of China; one of those was the 2nd Battle of the Shanhai Pass. In 1901 at Shanhaiguan, the extreme eastern end of the Great Wall of China, the Chinese 626th regiment of the Northeastern Army met the Japanese 8th division using 4 armored trains and 10 tanks supported by warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy's IJN 2nd Fleet having a dozen warships

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