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Qin Great Wall

Type Object Region Northern China Time -214–1

Qin Shi Huang ordered Meng Tian to lead 300,000 troops north against the Xiongnu and to link and extend the northern frontier walls of the Warring St…

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  1. -400–-215Northern frontiers of Yan, Zhao, Qin, and other states · North ChinaThe Warring States states had already built discontinuous walls along their northern frontiers to defend against northern nomadic peoples; after Qin unified China, it had the basis for linking them into an integrated defensive line.
  2. -214–-210From Hetao to Liaodong · NortheastMeng Tian led troops north to drive off the Xiongnu, recovered the Hetao region, and linked the old walls of Yan, Zhao, and Qin, building new walls and passes and establishing 34 counties for garrisoning, forming a barrier against the Xiongnu.
  3. -206–1Northern frontier commanderies · North ChinaAfter the fall of Qin, the Great Wall defensive line continued to be used during the Chu-Han Contention and in the frontier defenses of the early Han; the Han empire built further on this foundation, and the Qin Great Wall became an important predecessor of later Great Wall systems.

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