Timeline+of+The+Great+Wall+of+China

//__**A Timeline of the Great Wall **__//

__**4000 B.C**.__ Early people in China develop agriculture, which results in their settling in villages, often surrounded by protective earthen walls.

__** 1500 B.C. **__ The earliest Chinese cities are built and fortified with protective walls.

** __475 B.C.-210 B.C__. ** Warring states Period, during which China is a collection of hostile separate kingdoms

__** 221 B.C.-210 B.C **__ Reign of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi. The first Great Wall is built under General Meng Tien's command.

__** 206 B.C. **__ Beginning of the reign of Han Dynasty

__** 121-101 B.C. **__ Han Emperor Wu Di extends the Great Wall into western desert to protect trade along the Silk Road and to subdue the Xiongnu.

__** A.D. 220 **__ End of Han Dynasty

**__A.D.__ __1200s__** Mongol leader Genghis Khan breaks through neglected Great Wall; conquers China in 1215

__** 1260 **__ Kublai Khan becomes Mongol emperor of China and nearby areas.

__** 1368 **__ Rebellion led by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming emperor, ends Mongol occupation of China.

** __1368-1655__ ** Rule of the Ming dynasty, when the Great Wall is rebuilt

__** 1572-1620 **__ Rule of Ming emperor Wanli, the period when the Great Wall to9ok its present form

__** 1644 **__ The Manchu conquer China.

__** 1644-1911 **__ The Manchu rule China, and the Great Wall ceases to serve as a defensive border.

__** 1949 **__ Communists led by Mao Zedong come to power.

__** 1960s **__ During the Cultural Revolution, artifacts are destroyed, including parts of the Great Wall.

__** 1972 **__ President Nixon visits the Great Wall.

__** 1982 **__ Deng Xiaoping orders restoration of the Great Wall.

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