The Yellow Wall

Walls are a thing that the world knows far too well. People that live by walls tend to dislike the very wall they live by. I believe that walls are a terrible thing for the world to go through again. Walls separate friends and family. They also stop the transport of goods from other countries from being exchanged. Nature even disapproves of walls. Giant walls create giant blockages for people.

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.

In many cases, the walls ended up in ruins whether from invaders or outrage of citizens. As aforementioned, current presidential front runner Donald Trump aims to build a massive wall to separate Mexico and the United States. There are many problems, however that go along with this plan. The cost is simply too high, and it is unrealistic to genuinely expect the citizens of Mexico to pay for it. This demand has sparked an outrage and an absolute refusal to cover the cost of the wall. Aside from cost, there are other issues at hand. “The sad reality is that the border region is still viewed as a barren land, with no history, no culture, not inhabited” (Hong). To separate two countries is to strip away the culture and communication. The United States is a country built on other cultures, it is what keeps this nation colorful and lively. It is the foundation of who we

China was ruled by people that they tried to keep out. The Wall became more of a barrier from the world than to keep people from invading. The watch towers were used to send smoke signals to warn other watch towers about invasions. The threat was real with the Mongols because they were always very close to China’s borders. Genghis Khan broke through the neglected wall in 1215. The Manchu Clans overthrew the Ming Dynasty in 1644. People thought that the Wall was a Military defense and did not think that it was good for China The Great Wall never did it’s job by keeping the invaders out.

The Great Wall of China was at its strongest when it was first built under Emperor Qin Shi’s rule of the Qin dynasty (Ralston). The wall most closely resembled the picture shown above during this time period when it was at its strongest. For a short amount of time, the wall was very intimidating to Northerners looking to loot the cities beyond it. The wall taunted the barbarians with its high walls and great length. The wall was not only a wall but as Laurisaar states, It was the major part of an effective defensive system with a powerful

The history of the great wall is very long because of how many years it took to make it and how many people died. Over one thousand years it took to make and protect the people of china. The wall had always protected the people of China. The world is perfect not everything can be safe every moment of the day and night. China’s history is a much longer than America’s because of all the inventions they made and what buildings they worked on for many years. The Great Wall of China is the protector of China and wasn’t. Just because it protected China, but it was dangerous. A symbol of life or death not

Centuries ago warriors of the nomadic tribes traveled from Central Asia killing and looting from Europe to Japan. Their names still evoked death and devastation. These tribes were very dangerous and unstoppable but somehow they had to be stopped. To save China ancient empire one of the greatest military defenses was built, The Great Wall of China. The wall had a killing zone were most of the killing took place, and the wall was also a great shield for china to trap and kill the terrifying invaders from the north. The Great Wall of China is today the biggest construction project on earth. The great wall was built where building anything would seem impossible; across waterless desert, vertical slopes and even under water.

Throughout time walls become beaten, broken, and worn down; and from start, to finish, they observe it all. Walls are inanimate objects, yet they have the ability to watch life flourish or deteriorate around them. From BC to the future walls will continue to possess the power in watching life go on. They remain on the sidelines as a bystander to life’s constant change. Additionally, they were able to witness religion, community, and civil rights unfold into modern day headlines. Walls have eyes with the ability to see all; they are the only visible structure that has witnessed humanity’s day to day life throughout history.

Border wall? Why are they here? Either to protect or to keep someone. Which there is always two side to it. For example the Great Wall of China, was build to protect the various dynasties from raids by Mongol, Turkic, and other nomadic tribes coming from areas in modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria. They passed a law in the United States of American, in 2006, it was called the,” Secure fences Act”, it was made in

Why was the wall built? The wall was built because one time the Mongols invaded china. The reason that they built it was to stop the mongols to invade china. In the north of china was a way that the mongols would invade china.

There is a rumor that the wall is longer than 5,000 miles. It is thought to be more than double the length. The wall includes watchtowers, border control, troop barracks, and signaling through smoke and fire. The longer Chinese name is the 10,000 mile long wall, but is actually just a figure of speech. Different parts of the wall were made during separate dynasties (Qin, Han, Ming, and Zhou, which was

The Israeli-Palestinian wall that has been under construction for nearly twelve years is adding more fuel to a fire that appears to only be growing. The wall has been doing more harm to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than good. Ironically, the wall was created to help the conflict during the time of the Second Intifada that occurred from 2000 to 2006. The intention of the wall at the time was to put “...an end to the phenomenon of cross-border Palestinian suicide bombers”, and also had a “...wide support withing Israel, where it is seen as a security measure” (Procon.org 2). Over time, the once perceived “security measure” turned into a negative aftereffect, mainly for the Palestinians. The Israeli-Palestinian wall has negative outcomes

Walls are a common sight in daily life. Fences and the walls of buildings are the most commonly thought of when a person says walls. Fences mark property lines and keep people out or in some cases in. Countries do the same thing with their boarders. They build walls and fences for many reasons and the main two are for protection and the other is to stem either immigration or emigration. This is the case as in the Berlin Wall, demilitarized zone (DMZ) on the Korean peninsula, and the Syria Turkey boarder. The socialist East Germany built the Berlin Wall to keep the people from escaping into democratic West Berlin. The DMZ was created with the cease-fire between North and South Korea. The wall was built to stop the people from fleeing and to protect the boarders in case the cease-fire ever fails and the war started again. Large amounts of troops are still stationed on either side of the wall, as the two countries are still enemies. The wall between Syria and Turkey was built by the Turkish government to slow the refugees from Syria and to keep potential Syrian threats out of the country. Smuggling was also a major issue and the wall is to keep the country safe and the objects legal.

Building walls are somewhat of an effective way to establish a nation. If the wall is being built to protect a nation, then yes, an example of that is the Great wall of China, but if the walls are built to separate people from their freedom then no, and an example of that is the Berlin wall. Walls creates the disaster in our nation and it

In some people’s eyes the Great Wall of China is viewed as an effective defense while others think of it as being ineffective. The Great Wall of China was made-up of numerous walls and fortifications. It was a barrier in Northern China running west to east for 13,171 miles ending at the Bohai Gulf. The several walls were built, eventually joined together and called the Great Wall. Its purpose was to protect the Chinese states and empires against the invasion of various nomads of the Eurasian Steppe. So that one can draw an opinion about the effectiveness of the wall, in the following paragraph lets examine the Great Wall effectiveness.