10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Great Wall of China
The book of han recalls the construction of this enormous defensive work. The roads were skirted with lookout towers. Cities were built outside the wall, and military colonies were established for protection. These walls have also withstood over two thousand years of erosion in the elements of the gobi desert. Many of them still stand magnificent against the barren desert. Or post some images of these walls and some maps on patrion for you to picture this for yourself.
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