A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINA AND THE GREAT WALL

With the continuous development of modern science and technology, we are learning more and more about the world we live in. We explore outer space to find out the secrets of the universe. We study our history to understand the stories that have taken place on the planet we live on. We try to learn to live in harmony with our environment, with other animals and plants. And most of all, we try to learn to live in peace with ourselves and with other human beings. Learning is an ongoing process for every individual as well as for all mankind. Based on what we currently know, below is a brief history of China and the Great Wall.

Chunqiu Period 770 B.C. - 476 B.C. and Zhanguo Period 476 B.C. - 221 B.C.	Chu State	In a divided China, many ducal states started to build walls along their boundaries.
	Qi State
	Yan State
	Qin State
	Zhao State
	Wei State
	Zheng Han State
	Zhong Shan State
Qin Dynasty 221 B.C. - 206 B.C.		After unification, Qin linked and extended the walls of three northern states and formed the first Ten Thousand Li Great Wall (2 li = 1 km).
Han Dynasty	West Han Dynasty 206 B.C. - 25 A.D.	Han further extended the Great wall to over 10,000 km.
	East Han Dynasty 25 A.D. - 220 A.D.
Three Kingdoms Period 220 A.D. - 280 A.D.
West Jin Dynasty 265 A.D. - 316 A.D.
East Jin Dynasty 317 A.D. - 420 A.D.
South and North Dynasty 420 A.D. - 589 A.D.		The states in the north continued to build the Great Wall.
Sui Dynasty 581 A.D. - 618 A.D.		Sui also built the Great Wall.
Tang Dynasty 618 A.D. - 907 A.D.		Tang built more tower at west to protect the Silk Road.
Five Dynasties 907 A.D. - 960 A.D
North Song Dynasty 960 A.D. - 1127 A.D.		North Song used and repaired the Sui Great Wall in Shanxi to defense the XiXia.
South Song Dynasty 1127 A.D. - 1276 A.D.
Yuan Dynasty 1271 A.D. - 1368 A.D.
Ming Dynasty 1368 A.D - 1644 A.D.		Ming rebuilt the Great Wall, the length totalled over 6,000 km.
Qing Dynasty 1644 A.D. - 1911 A.D.		Qing build some long wall to defense the peasant revolt.

(Written by e99,rocketman)

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