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  • China, Great Wall Of
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    CHINA, GREAT WALL OF see Great Wall of China . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
     
  • Great Wall of China
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    GREAT WALL OF CHINA series of fortifications...barriers), winding across N China from Gansu prov. to Liaoning prov. The wall, running mostly along the...plain, was erected to protect China from northern nomads. It is an amalgamation of many walls built in ancient times; the...
     
  • China
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    ...in documented Chinese history (see the table entitled...system that was to govern China during stable periods. The Great Wall was begun in this period...this inauspicious time China experienced rapid cultural...complete conquest of China by 1644 and with establishment...China was perhaps at its greatest territorial extent...limited overseas trade. Great Britain, dissatisfied...
     
  • Ch'In , Dynasty of China (221–206 B.C.)
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    CHIN , dynasty of China (221 206 b.c.) chin, dynasty of China, which ruled from 221 b.c. to 206 b.c. The word China is derived from Chin, the...speculated that much of the Great Wall was built during his reign...Loewe, ed., The Cambridge History of China (Vol. 1, 1986...
     
  • Wall
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    ...masonry, or concrete wall to stop the natural flow...create power. The defensive walls of a city or other political division (see Great Wall of China ) are frequently two or...form the gateways. Notable walls of antiquity were those...
     

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