Module3TheQinTombandtheTerracottaWarriorsTheGreatWallKnowntotheChineseasthe“LongWallofTenThousandLi”,theformidabledefensivestructuresbuilttowardoffinvasionoftheCelestialEmpirebybarbariansiscalledtheGreatWallortheWallofChinabyEuropeans
TheprincipleoftheseextraordinaryfortificationsgoesbacktotheChunqiuperiod(722481BC)andtotheWarringStatesperiod(453221BC).Theconstructionofcertainwallscanbeexplainedbyfeudalconflicts,suchasthatbuiltbytheWeiin408BCtodefendtheirkingdomagainsttheQin
Itsvestiges(残留部分),conservedinthecentreofChina,antedateby(先于)manyyearsthewallsbuiltbytheKingdomsofQin,ZhaoandYanagainstthenorthernbarbariansaround300BC
Beginningin220BC,QinShihuang,thefounderoftheEmpireoftheTenThousandGenerations,undertooktorestoreandlinkuptheseparatesectionsoftheGreatWallwhichhadbeenbuiltinthe3rdcentur