Qin Shi Huang's The Great Wall Of China

The Great Wall of China was built to protect China from invaders and to keep out raiding parties of nomadic tribes, such as the Mongol, Turic and Xiongnu, from modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria. The Mongols were a tribal group that would regularly raid China. The wall was successful in keeping the Mongols out of China for a while but eventually, the Mongols conquered China. The Wall also kept Chinese citizens from leaving China.

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.

How many people do you know who would gladly sacrifice their life to protect a dirt wall? Probably no one. The Great Wall of China was built by the Qin (221-206 BCE) and the Han (206 BCE-220 CE) to keep out the Xiongnu, their rivals in the north. It is estimated that the Qin built approximately 1,500 - 2,500 miles of the wall and the Han built 4,000 miles of it.  There is no query that building the wall provided people with jobs, but did the benefits truly outweigh these human costs? Of course not! The price was too costly to pay. The Great Wall wasn’t worth all the struggle. There were three main costs paid by the people of China: forced labor, death from starvation/hunger, and the loss of valuable resources.

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.

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

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

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 built by the Qin and Han dynasties. The main reason they built this structure was to keep out the northern invaders, known as the Mongols. However, the benefits of the Great Wall did not outweigh the costs. For example, Document C shows many soldiers left their families, and their villages for several years. Also, millions of soldiers and workers died from coldness, and hunger. This means that more lives were taken than actually saved, which isn't fair. It isn't fair because everyone was in the army risking their lives to build the wall for it to not be worth it. The wall wasn't worth it because according to Document B, Han still had to pay

Picture having to work on a wall while it was raining or while it snowed, that is what the slaves and armies had to do while building the Great Wall of China. Was it really all worth the cost was it worth many men dying each day and being buried under the wall? It was not only bricks being used to make the wall but it was also the flesh and blood of these men that was being used. They were already slaves and did not deserve to die because they were doing something because they thought the Mongols would attack. Next time you think it would be amazing to be walking on the Great Wall of China also think of how many people died out there in the cold and the funny days when they should have been enjoying.

The Great Wall was built by the Han and the Qin. The reason why the Han and Qin built the wall was to increase security, impress visitors, and enhance the glory of China, also to keep out the mongols. The benefits of building the Great Wall did outweigh the cost. According to Document A, the benefits of building a wall did outweigh the cost, due to the Great Wall was keeping the Xiongnu out from invasion and other enemies at night. The cost of The Great Wall was no fewer than one thousand households were designed to hold. Due to Document A, the benefits outweighed the cost because the Wall helped keep the mongols from getting over the wall and attacking. This indicates that The Great Wall became successful from getting attacked. As stated in

Have you heard of the Great Wall of China, one of the most extravagant and controversial construction projects of all time? Under the Qin and Han dynasties (c.221 BCE-220 CE), its construction began. When construction on the wall commenced under Emperor Qin, nobody in China had seen anything like it before. Not that it was the first wall in China, but it was the first wall that was quite to that scale. The wall was primarily built for security, specifically to keep the Xiongnu Mongols from invading China.

Whether you have learned about it or not, you have probably heard about the Great Wall of China. Eventually stretching more than 13,000 miles across northern China, it has become one of the most visited places in the world. The construction of this famous wall began under the Qin Dynasty. Shi Huangdi, (Emperor of Qin), had believed that the wall would defend the northern border against the Xiongnu, also called Mongols. Many would say that Shi Huangdi was more interested in himself than in the good of his own people.

One way the Great Wall helped China of by protecting it. According to the background essay, the Great Wall’s purpose was to shield China from Mongol invaders. In addition to this, the Great Wall of China protected much of the Silk Road, as stated in the diagram in Document A. With the Great Wall in place, citizens were safe from invasions.

The Great Wall of China is known all over the world, but did you ever think of what it was made of? The Great Wall of China is made of hang-t’u or pounded earth. The Great Wall of China is a world-wide historical monument, known by many people today. It took about 2,500 years to build. Did the good outweigh the bad though? There are three main reasons that the benefits of building the Great Wall of China did not outweigh the costs: It costs many lives, made many people suffer, and didn’t help with the Xiongnu.