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Early people in china develop agriculture, which results in their settling in villiges, often surrounded by protective earthen walls.
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The earliest chinese cities are built and fortified with protective walls.
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Warring states period, during which china is acollection of hostile separate kingdoms
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Reigon of china's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi.The first great wall is built under General Meng Tien's command
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Beginning of the reign of the Han dynasty
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Han emperor Wu Di extends the Great Wall into western desert to protect trade along the Silk Road and to subdue the Xiongnu.
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End of the Han dynasty
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Mongol leader Genghis Khan breaks through neglected Great Wall; conquers China 1215.
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Kublar Khan becomes Mongol emperor of China and nearby areas.
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Rebellion led by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming emperor, ends Mongol occupation of China.
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Rule of the Ming dynasty, when the Great Wall is rebuilt.
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Rule of Ming emperor Wanli, the period when the Great Wall took its presented form.
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The Manchu conquer china
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The manchu rule China, and the Great Wall ceases to serve as a defensive border.
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Communists led by Mao Zedong come to power
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During the Cultural Revolution, artifacts are destroyed, including parts of the Great Wall.
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President Nixon visits the Great Wall.
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Deng Xiaoping orders restoration to the Great Wall.
