Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC AD 1644
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It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof.
Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border of the entire country. Yet the finest examples of walled communities were China''s walled cities, whose defensive architecture ...
Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border of the entire country. Yet the finest examples of walled communities were China''s walled cities, whose defensive architecture ...
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It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof.
Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border of the entire country. Yet the finest examples of walled communities were China''s walled cities, whose defensive architecture ...
Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border of the entire country. Yet the finest examples of walled communities were China''s walled cities, whose defensive architecture ...
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