The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? The Great Wall of Ancient China created by the two dynasties Quin and the Han a very continuous project that took many many years over a period of 2‚500 years! Although the wall was a long harsh project the walls also required much sacrifice on the part of the Chinese people. The benefits of the wall were to keep out the Mongols‚ even though the wall was for protection and security I think the benefits do not outweigh the
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It is true that most people today think that the Great Wall of China is just a tourist attraction but‚ have you ever thought about the cost and benefits of building the wall? The three main reasons I think the benefits did not outweigh the costs because of the reasons stated‚ there were many deaths‚ harsh working conditions‚ and the Xiongnu tribute. It is in my opinion that I think the benefits did not outweigh the costs. The first reason that I think the benefits did not outweigh the costs was
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The Great Wall of China known as an amazing tourist site. Most people see the wall to protect China But did it really? The Great Wall only really helped ancient China for a few years and now just not not helping no one. It both helped and hurt China. The benefits didn’t outweigh the costs because the wall cots over $360 billion dollars. China already had enough soldiers‚ and killed millions of people. To begin too many people died building the Great Wall of China. Chinese citizens took too many
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Comparison between Great Wall Motor and Qingdao Haier Huagang Su Melinda Sonia Sims EDUTL 108 Winter‚ 2012 Comparison between Great Wall Motor and Qingdao Haier The industry profile ("Consumer Durables & Apparel Industry Profile: Global"‚ n.d.) reports the worldwide development and market condition regarding consumer durables and apparel industry. To begin with‚ the industry profile defines the consumer durables industry as “The global consumer durables and apparel industry group
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Tricia Lao Professor Danilo Francisco M. Reyes English 101 21 March 2014 BREAKING THE GREAT WALL: Courting Practices — Prejudice and Discrimination in the Chinese Filipino Community (1980—2014) Ateneo De Manila University‚ Philippines Abstract This research paper focuses on the courting practices of the Chinese Filipino and its possible roots in prejudice and discrimination. A historical background of the Tsinoy is featured in this piece as a preview to the causes of intermarriages. The
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Notes: Picture of Ming Dynasty wall Original Construction: Chunqiu orginally started‚ Qi‚ Wei‚ Yan‚ Zhao- were independent city-states who built walls to protect Qin Shihuang took helm at age 22 and established the Qin Dynasty‚ the first feudal empire in China’s history. 221 BC- emporer Qin ShiHuang united/captured 6 states- and ordered military wall for Northern border Ordered to build wall 5‚000 kilometers from Liaodong Bay (east) to Lintao of the Gansu provice (west) Originally known
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There are still too many places we can go. I had a great trip to the Great Wall. China’s Great Wall is one of great tourist attractions of the world‚ which is a huge‚ serrated wall that zigzags its way from the northwest and north of Beijing to the east and west along the undulating mountains‚ which is said to be visible from the moon. When I was young I could always see the pictures of the Great Wall‚ and I could see the videos about the Great Wall from our TV‚ but I still wanted to see the greatest
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like the wall. It is easily one of the oldest‚ if not the oldest type of fortification built by man and is still in use today. As use of gunpowder weapons increased‚ the effectiveness of a massive‚ stone wall began to steadily decline. However‚ during the middle ages‚ people all over the world utilized walls as a highly effective way of keeping your enemy right where you wanted him‚ on the outside of one’s castle‚ city‚ or empire. If asked to give an example of the longest and biggest wall ever built
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From the Great Wall to the Pyramids The Great Wall of China and the Egyptian Pyramids are both Manmade Wonders of the World and belong to two of the oldest civilizations. Ancient Egypt and ancient China both have history that date back over 4‚000 years ago‚ and though the two civilizations co-existed simultaneously with one another‚ there were little contact between the two. Yet apart from some underlying differences‚ there are many similarities between the two cultures as is highlighted when examining
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China impacted the world in many ways with their many great inventions‚ that they brought along the Silk Road. The great inventions were paper‚ printing press‚ compass‚ gunpowder‚ kites‚ etc. Only one of the magnificent inventions stand out from the others. That one would be‚ the compass. The compass helped introduce new parts of our Earth that we could not find ourselves. The compass was made of magnetite‚ which was magnetic. The magnetite aligned north and south because the of the magnetic fields
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