Concept
Great Wall of China
Overview
series of fortifications built along the historical border of China
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The military governors of provinces or groups of provinces, who are called Tuchuns, govern despotically in defiance of Peking, and commit depredations on the inhabitants of the districts over which they rule. They intercept the revenue, except the portions collected and administered by foreigners, such as the salt tax.
Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China
States what Great Wall of China is.
114 124. When therefore Dareios came to the desert region, he ceased from his course and halted his army upon the river Oaros. Having so done he began to build eight large fortifications at equal distances from one another, that is to say about sixty furlongs, of which the ruins still existed down to my time; and while he was occupied in this, the Scythians whom he was pursuing came round by the upper parts and…
Herodotus, The History of Herodotus — Volume 1
States what Great Wall of China is.
Being thus possessed of the power, he compelled the Medes to build one city, and having carefully adorned that, to pay less attention to the others. As the Medes obeyed him in this also, he built lofty and strong walls, which now go under the name of Ecbatana,[4] one placed in a circle within the other; and this fortification was so contrived, that each circle was raised above the other by the height of the…
Herodotus, The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus
Close in meaning to Great Wall of China; the term itself is not named.
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Part of Ancient history.