Construction on the Great Wall began in the third-century BCE under Qin Shi Huang (Shihuangdi), the first emperor of a unified China, the History Channel reports. Prior to the Qin dynasty ...

the First Emperor of Qin commissioned an extension of the wall - to protect his territory from invasion by northern states. According to historical records, the Chu State first built a "Great Wall ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

While construction began under the Qin dynasty, the recognizable segments that we think of when we visualize the Great Wall were largely the handiwork of the Ming dynasty, which created these ...

The state of Qin, based in the Sichuan plains ... That project, during which countless workers died, marked the beginning of the Great Wall. (Did the Great Wall of China work?) ...

The Great Wall of China has 15 strategic passes from the East to the West. It took over 2,000 years to construct the wall. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang took the remnants of ancient ...

Next, learn more about why the Great Wall of China was built. Then, read the story of Qin Shi Huang, the emperor largely credited with setting the Great Wall project in motion.

While the "Great Wall" is often thought of as a single entity ... century B.C. but it was not until the 3rd century B.C. that Qin Shi Huang—the first emperor of a united China—connected ...

The Great Wall has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987. It was built starting in 220 B.C., when China had its first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, and it was rebuilt at various periods ...

Qin Shi Huang (Kim Seung-ho), who unified China with an army of 500,000, takes Yong-nyeo (Kim Ji-mi), the daughter of a tribal chief, as a concubine on his way back to Hanyang; after spending a ...

The Great Wall, a monumental military defense project ... The wall was not continuous, as different empires, including Qin, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Yan, and Zhongshan, constructed sections to defend ...