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... Wall was built during the Ming dynasty . Its effectiveness was spotty : Some invaders merely made end runs . But wall - top paths did help Chinese defenders move soldiers and equipment . A fence protects a section of Han dynasty wall ...
... Wall was built during the Ming dynasty . Its effectiveness was spotty : Some invaders merely made end runs . But wall - top paths did help Chinese defenders move soldiers and equipment . A fence protects a section of Han dynasty wall ...
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... Wall - used to describe a structure with almost mythic characteristics- was originally a foreign phrase . The old Chinese wording changcheng was understood simply to mean a " long wall , " and the great Ming walls were called bianqiang ...
... Wall - used to describe a structure with almost mythic characteristics- was originally a foreign phrase . The old Chinese wording changcheng was understood simply to mean a " long wall , " and the great Ming walls were called bianqiang ...
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... Wall . " Over the past century , even as the walls have grown in sym- bolic significance , they have steadily deterio- rated , victims of new roads and buildings . Last year a foreign organization applied its own phrase to the structure ...
... Wall . " Over the past century , even as the walls have grown in sym- bolic significance , they have steadily deterio- rated , victims of new roads and buildings . Last year a foreign organization applied its own phrase to the structure ...
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