With a construction period of over 2,000 years, China Great Wall, measuring around 5,500 miles in total, is the greatest man-made military defensive system in the world. It’s said that more than 20 vassal states and feudal dynasties in Chinese history had ever built the great wall, including the Qin, Han and Ming dynasties. Hereunder is the Great Wall Chronology for your reference.
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Period/Dynasty
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Great Wall
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Location
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Length (mile)
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Construction Period
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From the Changqing County on the bank of the Yellow River in the west to Qingdao City at the coast of the Yellow Sea
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385 |
685-645 BC |
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| Chu State Great Wall |
Dengzhou City, Zhenping, Lushan, Yexian and Qinyang counties in Henan |
155 | 656 BC | |
Qin State Great Wall |
Huayin, Pucheng, Baishui, Wuqi, Jingbian, Zhidan, Ansai, Suide, Yulin and Shenmu counties in Shaanxi; Minxian, Lintao, Tongwei, Jingning and Huanxian counties in Gansu; Guyuan County in Ningxia |
Unknown |
461-409 BC & 272 BC |
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Laiyuan, Tangxian, Shunping and Quyang counties in Hebei
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Unknown |
369 BC |
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Huayin, Dali, Chengcheng and Heyin counties, Hanchen City in Shaanxi; Yuanyang and Mixian counties, Zhengzhou City in Henan
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Unknown |
361-358 BC & 355 BC |
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Han State
Great Wall |
Under discovery
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Unknown
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355 BC
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Yixian, Xushui, Anxin, Xiongxian, Wen’an, Dacheng and Weichang counties, Zhangjiakou City in Hebei; Duolun County and Chifeng City in Inner Mongolia; Chaoyang City in Liaoning
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Unknown |
334 BC & 254 BC |
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Cixian and Lizhang counties of Hebei; Wuyuan, Guyang and Zhuozi counties, Hohhot and Baotou cities in Inner Mongolia
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Unknown |
333 BC & 300 BC |
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From the Huashan Mountain, via Huayin Temple, Weihe River and Pucheng County, to the Huanglong Mountain in Baishui County; from the Minxian County in Gansu, via southern Ningxia, back to Gansu, across northern Shaanxi and southern Inner Mongolia, to the western bank of the yellow River at the end
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3,107 |
214 BC |
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| Renovation of the Qin Great Wall | 6,214 |
201 BC | ||
| Restoration of the Great Wall on a larger scale | 130 BC | |||
| From Yongdeng County to Jiuquan City | 121 BC | |||
| From Jiuquan City to Yumenguan | 111 BC | |||
| From Yumenguan to Luobupo in Xinjiang | 104 BC | |||
| Northern Wei Great Wall |
From the northeast of Chicheng County, via Zhangbei, Shangyi and Xinghe counties, Hohhot and Baotou cities, to Urad Qianqi of Inner Mongolia | 621 |
423 |
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| Northern Qi Great Wall |
From Lishi County to Shuoxian County in Shanxi | 124 | 552 | |
| From Juyongguan to Datong City in Shanxi | 280 | 555 | ||
| Renovation of the great wall section built in 552 and 555; extension of the great wall to Shanhaiguan | 932 | 556 |
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| From Pianguan, via Yanmenguan and Pingxingguan, to Xiaguan | 124 | 557 | ||
| Renovation of the former built great wall; construction of the great wall along the Taihang Mountain between Shanxi and Hebei | Unknown | 563 |
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Northern Zhou
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Great WallRenovation of the Northern Qi Great Wall
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Unknown
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579
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Sui Dynasty (581 - 618)
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Sui Dynasty
Great Wall |
From the bank of the Yellow River in Ningxia to Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Hebei
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932 |
581 - 608 |
| Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) |
Song Dynasty Great Wall |
The border area between Laohekou City of Hubei and Dengzhou City of Henan | 19 | 988 |
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Liao Dynasty (916 - 1125)
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Liao Dynasty
Great Wall |
Along the Songhua River in Liaoning
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Unknown
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1058
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Jin (Jurchen)
(1115 - 1234) |
Jin Dynasty Great Wall |
From the Nenjiang River in Heilongjiang to the Hetao Plain in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River
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2,585 |
12th-13th century
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Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
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From Jiayuguan Pass of Gansu in the west, via Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, to the Hushan Great Wall of Liaoning Province in the east
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5,500 |
1368-1644 |
