According to legend, the Great Wall was built by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang (Reigned ... Unique in design, the body of the tower is made of rectangular stone blocks ...

The most famous parts were made during the Ming Dynasty ... how Chinese defenses changed over time. The Great Wall of China started in the Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE). Emperor Qin Shi Huang ...

and is credited for building the first version of the Great Wall. According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction ...

In 221 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival warring states and established the Qin empire as Qin Shi Huangdi (The ...

Emperor Qinshihuang was named Ying Zheng and was a great politician ... monument made by the laboring people of ancient China was destroyed in the war-tom years of the late Qin Dynasty.

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...

In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming ...

1994 18BUR VIB - Great Wall; Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties; Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor; Mogao Caves; Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (China) 1988 12COM XII.57 - Donation for ...