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Historical examination of the building of China's Great Wall.

This book describes the building of the Great Wall of China, from the first Great Wall in 214 B.C.E. to the expansion and preservation of the Great Wall in the 1980s.

Examines the building of the Great Wall of China and the thousands of years of conflict that preceded it.

John Man travels the entire length of the Great Wall and across two millennia to find the truth behind the legends. Along the way, he delves into the remarkable and complex history of China--from the country's tribal past, through the war with the Mongols, right up to the modern day when the Great Wall is once more a commanding emblem of China, the resurgent superpower.