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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 wall, including the Qin (221 - 207 BC), Han (206 BC - 220) and Ming (1368 - 1644) 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 |
Dengzhou City, Zhenping, Lushan, Yexian and Qinyang counties in Henan |
155 | 656 BC | |
Qin State |
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
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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's wall | 6,214 |
201 BC | ||
| Restoration of the 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 | 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 | From Lishi County to Shuoxian County in Shanxi | 124 | 552 | |
| From Juyongguan to Datong City in Shanxi | 280 | 555 | ||
| Renovation of the section built in 552 and 555; extension of the wall to Shanhaiguan | 932 | 556 |
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| From Pianguan, via Yanmenguan and Pingxingguan, to Xiaguan | 124 | 557 | ||
| Renovation of the former built wall; construction of the section along the Taihang Mountain between Shanxi and Hebei | Unknown | 563 |
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Northern Zhou
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Renovation 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
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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 | 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
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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 |
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 |
