The Great Wall was started by Ying Zheng of Qin Shi Huangdi in the year 220 BCE. The wall was built to unify or secure china. It was also built to lock the Chinese in. The Great Wall was also called a long graveyard because most of the time, when people built it, they would die and just be burried into the wall. The north side of the wall faced the barbarians. The wall is over 3000 miles long. in the year 206, Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty extended it. Liu Bang was a new ruler and all he wanted was peace and stability. He built watch towers for 100's of miles. I feel that the wall was a good idea because we got more safety. Even though we had less freedom, it was good to be unified.
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