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Beginning of the Great Wall
Under the Qin Dynasty, a wall called the Qin Wall is built from stones for defense purposes. Most of it is gone today and no one knows what its exact course was, but it was basically the bone structure for the Great Wall of China. Hundreds of thousands of people died building this wall. -
Period: Jan 1, 1388 to
Construction of the Modern Walls
Under the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall is vastly expanded. This completes the 13,171 mile strucutre.
The wall's pathway, while it was used in defense, was also used for transportation, importing goods, and also used as a means of communication. -
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Voyage to America
During the voyage of the Mayflower or another sepratist/protestant/puritan voyage to America, it is likely that Samuel F. B. Morse's ancestor's went from England, the home of Hadrian's wall to America, the land of opportunity, freedom, and innovation. -
Birth of Samuel Morse
Samuel Finley Breese Morse is born in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Samuel Morse's wife dies
Lucretia Pickering Walker, Samuel Morse's wife, falls ill and dies while Morse, then an artist, is away on commission while painting. Since the fastest form of communication at the time is through mail, he misses her death and burial. He ends his career as an artist and focuses on finding a way to communicate rapidly. -
Morse's Interest in Telegraphy
On a voyage in 1832, Samuel Morse encounters Charles Thomas Jackson, and discusses electromagnets with him. This inspires Morse, to become interested in telegraphy. -
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Developing Morse Code and the Telegraph
Samuel Morse develops the single-wire telegraph, and Morse code to go along with it. -
First Telegraph
The first Morse Code telegraph is sent, The message reads "What Hath God Wrought". Telegraphs sent in Morse Code are referred to as Telegrams. -
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American Civil War
Both the Union and Confederate Armies use Morse Code and Telegraphs to communicate and send urgent messages during the war. It is a great advantage, and the telegraph becomes essential. -
Hadrian's Wall and The Antonine Wall
The Hadrian Wall and Antonine wall are built, like the Great Wall, out of stones and as a defense mechanism. This wall was a contemporary of the Great Wall.
