Great WallChronology
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Period |
Wall Built |
Delineation or Location |
Length (km) |
Dates |
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Spring and Autumn (770-476B.C.) |
Wall of Qi |
South bank of the Yellow River in Pingyin County (Western Shandong) -northern slopes of Mount Tai-Yimeng Mountain area-seaboard in Jiao County |
Over 500 |
c.685-281B.C. |
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Warring States (475-221B.C.) |
Wall built under the Jianluo reign of Qin |
West bank of Luo River in Shaanxi |
Unknown |
461-409 B.C. |
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Wall built under the reign of King Zhao of Qin |
Tao River in Min County (Gansu)-Ningxia-Northern Shaanxi-eastern part of Ordos plateau in Inner Mongolia |
Unknown |
c.287 B.C. | |
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Wall of Wei, west of the Yellow River |
East bank of Luo River in Shaanxi-east bank of Yellow River on Ordos plateau, called "the wall west of the Yellow River" |
About 700 |
361-352 B.C. | |
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Wall of Zhao |
Yu County, Hebei-southern slopes of Yinshan Mountains, Inner Mongolia-Langshankou pass, also in Inner Mongolia |
About 1000 |
c.299 B.C. | |
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Wall of Yan |
Southeastern Inner Mongolia-northern slopes of Yanshan Mountains-Liaodong |
About 1000 |
c.311-279 B.C. | |
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Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) |
The Great Wall of Qin |
Upper reaches of Tao River Gansu-bank of the Yellow River-northern slopes of Yinshan Mountains-Liaodong, called the 10,000-li wall of Qin |
5,000 |
214 B.C. |
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Western Han Dynasty (206B.C.-A.D.24) |
Wall of Han |
A reinforced version of the wall of Qin, with deviation to the north or south at certain points all the way to Liaodong |
5,000 |
205-127 B.C. |
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Wall west of the Yellow River |
Lanzhou, Gansu-Yumenguan pass-Lop Nor in Xinjiang |
1250 |
121-101 B.C. | |
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Guanglu Castle in central Inner Mongolia |
Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia-Urad Rear Banner, also in Inner Mongolia-people's Republic of Mongolia |
About 1,000 |
102 B.C. | |
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Juyan Castle in northwestern Inner Mongolia |
Jiayu Mountain, Gansu-Ejun Banner, Inner Mongolia-people's Republic of Mongolia |
About 750 |
102 B.C. | |
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Northern Wei (386-534) |
Wall of Northern Wei |
Chicheng, Hebei-Urad Banners, Inner Mongolia |
1,000 |
A.D. 423 |
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Northern Qi (550-577) |
Wall of Northern Qi |
Luliang Mountain, Shanxi-Hengshan Mountains-Yanshan Mountains-Juyongguan Pass near Beijing |
About 1,500 |
552-565 |
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Sui Dynasty (581-618) |
Wall of Sui |
Yellow River Bend in Ningxia-Inner Mongolia-Shanxi-Hebei-coast of the Bohai Sea, where Yu pass was built |
About 1,500 |
581-608 |
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Liao Dynasty (916-1125) |
Wall of Liao and ditches |
present-day Heilongjiang and Jilin, characterized by ditches in front of the wall |
About 1,000 |
From 908, before inauguration of the dynasty, to 1058 |
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Jin (Jurchen) Dynasty (1115-1234) |
Ditches of Jin |
Morin Dawa Banner in Hulun Bair League (Inner Mongolia)-southwestern slopes of Greater Hinggan Mountains-northern slopes of Yanshan Mountains-western slopes of Yinshan Mountains, also characterized by ditches in front of the wall |
5,000 |
1200 |
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Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
The Great Wall of Ming |
Yalu river in Liaoning-Hebei-Shanxi-Inner Mongolia-Shaanxi-Ningxia-Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu |
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