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This document provides a historical overview of the construction of the Great Wall of China. It discusses how construction began in the 7th-8th centuries BC as separate defensive walls that were later joined together. Under the Qin Dynasty, the wall was extended to over 5,000 km to keep out nomadic tribes. Further extensions and renovations occurred through succeeding dynasties, especially during the Ming Dynasty when over 1,000 additional km were constructed. The wall demonstrates the wisdom, tenacity, and manual labor of the Chinese people over its 2,300 year construction period. Today, the mostly intact sections date from the Ming Dynasty and total over 6,700 km in length.

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CRITIQUE

This document provides a historical overview of the construction of the Great Wall of China. It discusses how construction began in the 7th-8th centuries BC as separate defensive walls that were later joined together. Under the Qin Dynasty, the wall was extended to over 5,000 km to keep out nomadic tribes. Further extensions and renovations occurred through succeeding dynasties, especially during the Ming Dynasty when over 1,000 additional km were constructed. The wall demonstrates the wisdom, tenacity, and manual labor of the Chinese people over its 2,300 year construction period. Today, the mostly intact sections date from the Ming Dynasty and total over 6,700 km in length.

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Parco, Hallina Bianca L.

12 ABM Block 1

Activity 3 – Do the Critique!

TOPIC: Great Wall of China


CRITICAL APPROACH: Historical Criticism

HISTORY:

The Great Wall is reputed as one of the


seven construction wonders in the world not
only for its long history, but its massive
construction size, and its unique architectural
style as well.

A great army of manpower, composed


of soldiers, prisoners, and local people, built the
wall. The construction result demonstrates the
manifestation of the wisdom and tenacity of the
Chinese people.

The construction of the Great Wall


began between the 7th and 8th centuries B.C.
when the warring states built defensive walls to ward off enemies from the north. It was only a
regional project then. Until the Qin Dynasty, the separate walls were joint together and
consequently it stretched from east to west for about 5000 thousand kilometers and served to
keep nomadic tribes out. The Wall was further extended and strengthened in the succeeding
dynasties. Especially during the Ming dynasty when the northern nomadic ethnic groups became
very powerful, the Ming rulers had the Wall renovated 18 times. As a result, not the remains
from the Qin dynasty were restored, but some 1000 kilometers were constructed to a full length
of 6,700 kilometers.
The Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty
was built at the expense of many lives. It
involved the backbreaking toil of tens of
thousands of people including conscripted
soldiers, slaves, convicts as well as ordinary
people. It is for this reason that the story of the
Great Wall is often associated with the tyranny
of the First Emperor of Qin. The Ming dynasty
saw the creation of a sophisticated defense
system along the wall embracing garrison
towns, garrison posts, passes, blockhouses,
additional wall structures, watchtowers and
beacon towers, each given a different status
and designed mission. The system enabled the
imperial court to stay in touch with military and administrative agencies at various levels,
including those at the grassroots, and provided the frontier troops with facilities to carry out
effective defense.

The Great wall we see today is mostly from the Ming dynasty, the wall extends for some
4,160 miles (6,700 km), often tracing the crest lines of hills and mountains as it snakes across the
Chinese countryside. With an average height of 10 meters and a width of 5 meters, the wall runs
up and down along the mountain ridges and valleys from east to west. It stands as a witness of
the Chinese history, culture and development.
MY CRITIQUE:

This work represents the history of the Great Wall of China wherein the author
emphasizes how the Great Wall of China was built. Like how long the wall is, how many years it
takes with its construction and how many lives were taken to build it. The author also shows
some of the good traits of the Chinese people such as their wisdom and tenacity in everything
that they do. For instance, the construction of the Great Wall of China lasted for over 2,300 years,
imagine how long before the Chinese people finally build the legendary Great Wall of China.
This only proves the tenacity of the Chinese people and also their wisdom on making it a
massive construction size that will serve as their defense against their enemies, and to use unique
architectural style as well. Moreover, the author also includes how the Great Wall of China
stands as a witness of the Chinese history, culture and development.

Generally, the author clearly demystifies the history of the Great Wall of China because
he/she includes all the important details that his/her reader must see when they read it. The
article was not that long but it was filled by a lot of information that shows how the author
intelligently wrote the article. BRIEF but COMPREHENSIVE.

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