Imagine a world without China a world without exotic but exquisite cuisine, a world without healthy alternatives to bland water such as green tea, and a world without everyday objects such as paper and silk. this might seem silly, but with without the Great Wall of china, built by the Han and Qin dynasties, China might not exist today. Although many people died during the building process the benefits of the wall outweigh the cost by protecting China, impressing visitors, and becoming a historical landmark. To begin, the Great Wall of China's benefits outweigh pet the cost by protecting China. To explain, the Great Wall of China increased security in China as stated in the background essay, so without it the mongols who especially bothersome ,also stated in the background essay, could have invaded China depriving us the their culture …show more content…
For explain, landmark that people could visit so they can learn about the Great wall and learn about ancient Chinese civilization it’s important people know about the past.
Another example, is that architects can study the Great wall and learn/ build upon ancient chinese techniques also increasing their building skills. The Great Wall also allows historians to learn more about ancient China and life working on the Great Wall.
Although, the Great Wall a success you might be thinking how did it benefit the rest of the world besides China, well it did when it increased trade and stopped war. To explain, when the Great wall impressed visitors and increased trade it brought much needed things all over the world like paper or silk. Another example, is when the Great wall prevented war. This benefited the world by not creating world war 1 before world war 1 happened. China could have recruited others and so could the mongols creating a big war potentially destroying everything like in Germany World War
The first reason why the Great Wall was not worth the cost was because the wall was not very effective . The chin and Han dynasty's built the Great Wall to keep out invaders. People would walk around the spots where there wanot a wall built yet or a spot where guards were not on duty. ( Doc B ) The purpose was so that not as many guards would have to be on duty, but just as many guards were then as there were when the wall was not yet built. There were not guards protecting all spots of the wall, leaving it a blank opening for other enemies to enter. The wall was not just
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 Great Wall of China is one of the most beautiful and biggest ancient structure. In ancient times it was very well maintained and now it is sort of maintained because 30% of the wall is gone. The wall shows pride and culture to china even though 30% of the wall is gone and now there are laws in place to protect and maintain the wall. However most of the wall if gone is from human damage.
For thousands years, the Mongols have been a big threat to the Chinese civilization. The Great Wall of China took about 2000 years to build and finish. It has been measured to be over 5,488 miles long. Due to the many threats and enemies of Chinese, the wall was built. In my opinion, the benefits of building the wall do outweigh the costs for many reasons surrounding the topic.
The lives ruined or lost in the building of the wall was the greatest cost. According to one ancient chinese scripture “During a ten year period of Qin Dynasty wall building, there was a heavy use of peasant laborers who worked seven days a week with little food.” And another scripture, “One campaign in 104 B.C. Reported 80% of Han Dynasty casualties.” (from attacks by the Xiongnu). The great wall of china was needed to protect the people of china from the northern nomads who wanted to pillage villages, but the great wall of china was actually very weak and the Xiongnu could even bribe their way in if they wanted. Any advantage of the wall do not justify any of the cost associated with building it. In all it is clear that the great wall of china should not have been built.
The Great Wall of China is often regarded as one of the man-made wonders of the world. The Great Wall of China was constructed by two early Chinese dynasties; the Qin Dynasty (221 BCE-206 BCE) and the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). Emperor Qin was considered to be cruel and brutal. Cruel rulers invite rebellion and in 206 BCE, his successors were overthrown by the Han Dynasty. Both dynasties shared a common concern, border security. The wall was constructed over a period of 2,500 years and stretch to be 5,488 miles long. The wall was built to increase security, impress visitors and enhance the glory of china. However the wall also required much sacrifice on the part of the Chinese people. Overall did the benefits outweigh the costs? There were both costs and benefits into building the Great Wall of China, but the benefits outweigh the cost. The great walls benefits outweighed the costs by providing protection, create new towns
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
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
Although this was a great accomplishment and is now considered a symbol of China, it actually lead to the fall of the Dynasty. Shi Huang Ti used forced labor to construct the wall. Many of the peasants that were forced to work on the wall died of exhaustion, exposure to the elements, and hunger. This made him very unpopular with the people of China. Also, to keep his building project underway, he was forced to raise taxes. The forced labor, high taxes, and many deaths while The Wall was constructed lead to a number of revolts after Shi Huang Ti’s death and ultimately the fall of the Qin Dynasty. Finally, although the Qin Dynasty may have begun the construction of this Chinese Symbol, the Han Dynasty actually continued building The Wall. This proves that despite the idea that the Qin Dynasty was more influential because of the construction of the Great Wall of China, the Han Dynasty actually was more important to the development of
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
When many think of the country China, the first thing that comes to mind for many is the Great Wall of China. Over the time period of the Qin and Han dynasty, the wall was began being built to protect the people from Xiongnu who lived on the Northern China border. This group of people was a major threat to the Chinese people. To fix this problem the wall seemed like the only probably choice and the enormous project of building the wall began. Though a great deal went into building the Great Wall of Ancient China, the benefits of the wall outweighed the costs.
◎ 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
Did you know before the Qin and Han built the Great Wall, the chinese had to build walls around individual cities to protect them. The Great wall of China was built by the Shang and Han Dynasties of ancient china to protect the nation from the Xiongnu. The great wall of china: did the benefit outweigh the cost? The construction of the wall was worth the cost because, he security it provides increased trade and in turn, increased openness to new ideas transferred along the silk road.
Building the Great Wall was not worth the cost. The Great Wall of China is a long series of walls on China’s border that was built to protect them from getting attacked. The Great Wall was built to keep out the Xiongnu and other groups that attacked them. The Xiongnu was the main group that attacked China. People want the Great Wall built because it protects the Chinese states and empires. I believe they are wrong because it cost a lot of money and labor, it didn't work, and there was a ton of harsh working.
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.