Great Wall Dbq

The Great Wall of China is often regarded as one of the man made wonder of the world. The wall was built over a 2,000 year period. Such a big and sturdy Wall did not come cheap in terms of many people killed, a huge investment, and a lot of time spent working on the wall. Although the wall did serve many of its purposes, was it really worth the cost? There are three main reasons the construction of the wall did not outweigh the cost. Many died in the making, huge investment for china, did not keep invaders out.

The Berlin Wall was erected on August 13, 1961. After World War II, Germany was divided into four Allied occupation zones; Berlin, the German capital, was also divided into occupation sectors, even though it was located deep within the Soviet zone (History.com). In post war Germany, Cold War tensions grew, from situations such as the Berlin Blockade and the US’ Berlin Airlift (History.com). Not only were Cold War tensions growing but East Germany was now under a communist system (History.com). West Germany was in better condition because, unlike in East Germany, it received financial aid from the Marshall Plan (Burkhardt, H). Another big problem was the two different currencies used; West German currency, which was also use in West Berlin,

The Great Wall was first build by Qin and Han.The reason why they build the wall is because to keep the enemies away like The Mongols.However, the benefits of the Great Wall of China did not outweigh the costs.

    The first main cost paid by the Chinese was forced labor. People were forced or ordered to help protect, build, or fight for the wall. 300,000 men were ordered to build and guard the wall until completion ( Doc E ). Over the years, the Han forced soldiers to leave their homes and families to protect the wall causing the death of 80% of Han ( Doc E ).  Though it stopped the Xiongnu, many lives were lost. The walls didn’t even entirely block them out. Both soldiers and peasants had to stop their normal duties to protect the wall as an order. They had to risk their lives for a dirt and hay wall that

Many different people helped built the wall like soldiers, people, and criminals. The wall’s construction took a long time. The time of year the construction started was Spring to Autumn. As soon Spring started the state of Chu began building the wall. All the other states also began in the effort. When this happened Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the states be united. When they all unified they connected their existing walls and this is how the wall was made.

This northern fortification formed the first section of what would become the Great Wall of China. In 214, the Emperor also ordered construction of a canal, the Lingqu, which linked the Yangtze and Pearl River systems.

The first benefit from building the wall was how it created jobs. More than a million chinese workers were put to work on the wall. So, all of the unemployed people in China now had a job where they could make money. This also gave jobs to other people because some of the people that went to work on the wall now have no one in their old job position. This means that possibly children or women took these places and everyone had a job. This is very beneficial to the people of China.

The Great Wall probably remains his most famous contribution to Chinese civilization. The wall scaled off walls originally built for defense against nomads and served as protection as well as a punishment for those who broke Qin laws. Due to the strict nature of the law code and the efficiency of the Qin government, many Chinese were sentenced to construction labor. The new infrastructure, including highways, canals, and irrigation systems, connected distant regions together and allowed the central government to more effectively carry out duties (53). The new routes undoubtedly facilitated travel and

In Document A, the map shows the wall surrounding north china and created a barrier from the Xiongnu people. This shows the wall protected the Chinese people from the Xiongnu by preventing them from invading the land inhabited by the Chinese people. Also in Document A, it says watch towers estimated in the thousand, were placed 2 bow shots apart, stating that soldiers were constantly watching and staying alert for possible attacks. Document B discussed moving people to settle along the northern border, which would discourage invaders from the North. They would be less likely to invade, knowing there were people and troops in the area. Document D says Wu Di assigned thousands of soldiers to wall outpost and watchtowers to protect the merchant and caravans traveling along the trade routes. This allowed the merchants to travel with no fear because the wall protected them from being ambushed by invaders. Providing protection, is a huge benefit and was worth the

The Great Wall was built by The Qin and the Han Dynasty. They built The Great Wall to keep out and protect China from the Mongols. The benefits of building The Great Wall of China did not outweigh the costs. In Document B, it showed that tribute was being paid by The Han. The Han was one of the the dynasties who first built The Great Wall. This shows that the benefits did not outweigh the costs because The Han still had tribute to pay to the Xiongnu Mongols and The Han dynasty still had to build and protect The Wall from the Mongols. In Document C, the text indicated that The Qin and The Han dynasties were peasants, and worked on The Great Wall while they got feed a little bit of food and suffered. The Qin and The Han were not treated well

One of the wonders of the world today is the Great Wall of China which was inspired by none other than the Qin Dynasty. Other dynasties put in dedication to having the Great Wall constructed but the Qin Dynasty played a significant role in coming up with the idea for it. The Great Wall of China would benefit China greatly because it would serve as defense against nomadic tribes. Apart from being protected by nomadic tribes, the Great Wall would be a benefit for China’s forever. Other countries

◎ The Great Wall of China was started to be built by the Han and the Qin dynasty. They built the wall to keep the Xiongnu Mongols out of China. However the benefits of building the Great Wall of China did not outweigh the costs. According to Document B it showed the Chinese had to pay tribute in silk bales to the Xiongnu mongols. This showed that even though the Chinese had built a wall to keep out the Mongols the Chinese still had to pay them tribute. To add on, as the Chinese added to the wall and made it greater and more massive the tribute they had to pay started to increase as the years went by. Another reason why the benefits of The Great Wall of China did not outweigh the costs is The Great Wall caused many deaths. Another reason

When Emperor Qin took the throne, he ordered the general Mengtian to reorganise/extend the separate walls of the former states, reaching an extent to all 7 ‘warring states’. This was to provide a more stable form of protection for habitants in his empire. 300 000 captured soldiers and conscripts lived, worked and died in the remote areas of the empire. Slaves were also commissioned to take part in the construction of the wall. Little of the wall built by Qin remains today, as it has been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the wall seen today was built by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). This structure is now a form of transporting to other states/a tourist attraction, and is labelled one of the ‘7 Wonders of the Medieval World’.

The Great wall cost them a lot of time and money. Document E states, during the period of the Qin they had people working on the wall for 10 whole years. That document also says many people died making the wall

China’s unity of its civilians helped the prosperity of its nation to become well known to other power nation. At this period China became well known and believed to be as equally strong to other power nations. Sterling extensively explains that building The Great Wall of China came at an immeasurable cost for a "temporary advantage" (147). Many citizens of China have died for the cause of building a national symbol for China, which was not known as The Great Wall of China until foreigners gave it a name to remember. Only during the Ming dynasty did the interconnections of the walls that once divided China, became a unity. The expansion of many walls together came at a great cost. The Great Wall of China made it very difficult for the Mongols and Manchus to penetrate their defensive system, but this did not stop them from failing to attack the dynasty. The perceived barbarians had bankrupt the dynasty. Strategies of keeping enemies from infiltrating is a vital key to keep an economy from chaos and destroying a nation’s wealth that took years or centuries to achieve.