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 * The Great Wall of China**
 * Was origionally constructed after the warring states period during the Qin dynasty
 * The wall was a reinforcement of the existing walls built along the northern end of the empire
 * these walls were built by the lords of the territories in the Warring states period
 * Was not a huge continuous wall
 * Was multiple walls costructed with on sight materials with natural fortifications in between them
 * In the mountains the walls were stone
 * In the planes the walls were earthen with boarded fronts
 * the natural fortifications included rivers, mountains, and other impassible terrain
 * Multiple other dynasties such as the Han, Sui, and Jin dynasty spent a lot of effort to repair, rebuild, mantain the wall
 * Modern great wall was not built until the Ming dynasty
 * Stronger because was built entirely of bricks
 * Estimated that 1 million workers died in the construction of the Great Wall of China