Was the Great Wall the most effective way to achieve its purpose? What about efficient?
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Jeztyr - whispering in the ears of kings
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It did not and was not.
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after several houndred years to construct it, the wall NEVER stopped a single army - they just bribed the gatekeepers and rode right in
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Nope. It was (like Trump's proposed wall) simply a political move to make the government look like it was "doing something". The Great Wall was actually used as a trading post for most of it's life and was only really put to "military" use during the Japanese invasion where the Chinese managed to hold out for a time against the Japanese.
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