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1500 BCE
The first walls
The earliest Chinese cities are built with protective walls. -
221 BCE
The first emperor
China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi. builds the first Great wall under General Meng Tien's command. -
101 BCE
the western wall
Emperor Wu Di extends the Great Wall into the western -
May 2, 1215
The neglected wall
Mongol leader Genghis Khan breaks through neglected Great Wall; conquers China in 1215 -
May 2, 1368
Rebuilding the wall
Rule of the Ming dynasty, when the Great Wall is rebuilt -
The Manchu conquer China.
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The border
the Manchu make the great wall serve as a defensive border. -
1982
Deng Xiaoping orders to rebuild the Great Wall. -
now a days
now the great wall of china is a tourist attraction and a famous landmark of china
