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Ming Dynasty begins reconstruction of the Great Wall

Ming-Dynasty
08-10-2003, 07:55
Ming Dynasty begins restoration of the Great Wall
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The Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built. It is about 4,000 miles long, and it was built entirely by hand. About 1, 200 - 1, 500 miles of the Great Wall were built during the reign of Emperor Shi Huangdi (Qin Dynasty). The Great Wall crosses northern China from the east coast to the central part of China.

The Chinese built walls along their borders as early as the 600's B.C. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, walls were built between Chinese regions which were fighting with each other. Walls were also built to protect China from outside invaders.

Emperor Shi Huangdi of the Qin dynasty (221 - 206 B.C.) is regarded as the first ruler to think of the idea of the Great Wall. He thought of connecting existing, older walls with sections of new wall. The building of the Great Wall continued into the Han and Sui dynasties.

Emperor Shi Huangdi ordered the building of the Great Wall to keep the enemy (the Mongols) from attacking his empire. The northern part of his empire did not have many people in it, so enemy invaders could move in easily. The people in that region were also nomadic which meant they moved from place to place.

Emperor Shi Hunagdi stated that the wall should be six horses wide at the top, eight horses wide at the bottom and five men high. The emperor's soldiers grabbed criminals, troublemakers, musicians, teachers, writers, artists, and humble peasants to help build the Great Wall. In all, about one million people marched north to build the Great Wall.

Every one hundred yards, the workers built watchtowers two stories high. From the watchtowers, the Mongols could be seen coming, and warning signals could be sent. This prevented the Mongols from making surprise attacks.

The wall wound up and down the mountains. It was built with dirt, stone and bricks. At the top of the wall, a roadway paved with three layers of brick connected the watchtowers. The roadways were wide enough to hold ten soldiers side by side.

The Great Wall was so strong that the Mongols did not threaten China again for more than one thousand years.

But many centuries past and now (1400 AD), the wall is in bad shape. Emperor Taizu has thus ordered the reconstruction of the great wall to prevent invasions from the North. 200,000 men will be working on the wall for the next 6 years to restore it to good condition.
Ming-Dynasty
08-10-2003, 08:03
It's very quiet today?
Kinky bunnies
08-10-2003, 08:20
*a tumbleweed rolls past Ming Dynasty's wall*

j/k :P
Walmington on Sea
08-10-2003, 08:23
ooc:Difficult time period to get responses from. Everyone else exists in modern or future times, with a few exceptions (heh). I'm trying to think of anyone from the 1400s worth their salt.
We'd be all impressed and stuff, but Walmington isn't going to be founded for around a century yet, I'm afraid. If it's still there in 1946 or so we'll come and visit ;)
08-10-2003, 10:38
Actually it was less to stop them attacking than to stop them gettign away afterward. the Mongols could slip thorugh but when retreating with the imperial cavalry after them they couldn't all squaeeze back through the gate in time and generally got ground up against the wall...
If you think a motorway has a traffic jam, try 10,000 horsemen trying to push through a small (reasonably) gate with 20,000 mad guards bearing down on them.
Walmington on Sea
08-10-2003, 20:34
I thought that.. but the effect is eventually more or less the same, eh? People will tend to stop attacking when they realise it's suicide, I expect.
Ming-Dynasty
09-10-2003, 02:54
Heck! You mean I'm the only civ on NS Earth in 1400?
East Islandia
09-10-2003, 02:56
AHh...
dont worry Ming Dynasty
i'll RP in the fourteenth century wit u
and if u want, i'll protect u from mod tech nations
Ming-Dynasty
09-10-2003, 02:57
Thanks, I think I will do a quick poll about this.
09-10-2003, 02:58
Naori would like to see all of China under our flag, some day.
09-10-2003, 03:03
It's very quiet today?

OOC: YOU FOOL. I am chinese!

IC: I suggest you to stop the restoration. The Great Wall is meant to be a Historical Site. Not a place to restore and think of it that way, it's a Historical Site. THE CHINESE WALL MUST BE NOT RESTORED!



The Anti-Terror Army
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Ming-Dynasty
09-10-2003, 03:08
Naori would like to see all of China under our flag, some day.

Shut up, Japanese Imperialist bastard!

Emperor Taizu
Ming-Dynasty
09-10-2003, 03:09
It's very quiet today?

OOC: YOU FOOL. I am chinese!

IC: I suggest you to stop the restoration. The Great Wall is meant to be a Historical Site. Not a place to restore and think of it that way, it's a Historical Site. THE CHINESE WALL MUST BE NOT RESTORED!



The Anti-Terror Army
I can Terminate all the Problems!!!
-War Minister of ATA, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Member of The Elite Ghost
Member of The Reich Alliance

This renovation is neccesary in the name of national security.
09-10-2003, 03:10
Naori would like to see all of China under our flag, some day.


Shut up, you Jap! BASTARD :!:
Ming-Dynasty
09-10-2003, 03:12
OOC: I've seen some other presumbably Chinese players, such as Sino, Taiwan, and Perfect China. I'll get them to stomp you Naori :twisted:
09-10-2003, 03:13
OOC: I've seen some other presumbably Chinese players, such as Sino, Taiwan, and Perfect China. I'll get them to stomp you Naori :twisted:

No...

Use my other nations, Chinese Army and Chinese Airforce...

Your choice. :idea:
Agrigento
09-10-2003, 03:16
((OOC: It is not wrong to restore a national monument. In fact I regularly donate to the History Channel's "Save our History" organization

Even though there is a war going on in China I will assume it is in an alternate dimension.))

Good luck with this monumentous project.
09-10-2003, 03:17
OOC: I've seen some other presumbably Chinese players, such as Sino, Taiwan, and Perfect China. I'll get them to stomp you Naori :twisted:

You forget East Islandia and me. WE HAVE BEEN fighting imperialism in China for a long and hard fought war..which now our enemy mallberta appears to have forgotten about!
Ming-Dynasty
09-10-2003, 03:19
Restoration of the wall is 20% complete. Several strategic points have been widened to allow to hold 14 soldiers side by side.
09-10-2003, 03:21
Restoration of the wall is 20% complete. Several strategic points have been widened to allow to hold 14 soldiers side by side.

The Invaders (Mongolians) strike again!
Ming-Dynasty
09-10-2003, 03:22
OOC: I've seen some other presumbably Chinese players, such as Sino, Taiwan, and Perfect China. I'll get them to stomp you Naori :twisted:

You forget East Islandia and me. WE HAVE BEEN fighting imperialism in China for a long and hard fought war..which now our enemy mallberta appears to have forgotten about!

OOC: I don't think I was in the forums back then.
09-10-2003, 03:25
OOC: I've seen some other presumbably Chinese players, such as Sino, Taiwan, and Perfect China. I'll get them to stomp you Naori :twisted:

You forget East Islandia and me. WE HAVE BEEN fighting imperialism in China for a long and hard fought war..which now our enemy mallberta appears to have forgotten about!

OOC: I don't think I was in the forums back then.

THATS IT! I'm not Mongolia anymore. I AM ANTI-TERROR!


I will start an invasion on the WEAK Ming-Dyansty, for being an insult of the Chinese race, and culture!
Ming-Dynasty
09-10-2003, 03:27
OOC: I'm not planning to do war RPs for some time.
The Ralish
09-10-2003, 04:07
ooc:The Ralish Empire is a late bronze-age nation, tech wise (we have produced iron, but the technology is not wide spread in the empire as yet), and exists on a fictional (and vast) continent home to tribes of celtic, gothic, hunic, Indian, Greek, and Turkish-styled origins amongst others.. but I am quite liberal about exactly when we exist. I don't really ever plan to modernise the nation (and if I do it will be through a painfully long and step by step evolution, not in one great bound), so ..yes, The Ralish would be willing to interact with you if and when desired or required.

There are hugely war-like elements to the empire, but maintaining cohesion of such a super-state is usually more than enough to keep us busy, and prevent rampages outside of our own borders. There's a lot of controversial elements to the society, for example there is in operation a slave economy, of course. But, y'know, those who don't like it can go fight a lion.
imported_Ell
09-10-2003, 04:56
Hm, I might do an Iron Age account too one day.
_Taiwan
09-10-2003, 10:15
Naori would like to see all of China under our flag, some day.

The Chinese Federation will not be pleased.
East Islandia
11-10-2003, 03:13
Naori would like to see all of China under our flag, some day.

Nahh. Not happening. THe Resistance will kick ur ass bak to the Stone Age if you try
East Islandia
11-10-2003, 03:18
OOC: I've seen some other presumbably Chinese players, such as Sino, Taiwan, and Perfect China. I'll get them to stomp you Naori :twisted:

No...

Use my other nations, Chinese Army and Chinese Airforce...

Your choice. :idea:

hey wise one, y dont you concentrate on the REAL threat. NOT Ming Dynasty, but the FUCKING IMPERIALISTS!
imported_Ell
11-10-2003, 03:20
I hope ultra-nationlist Sino doesn't read this thread, otherwise it's "Dead-man walking: Naori"
East Islandia
11-10-2003, 03:22
I hope ultra-nationlist Sino doesn't read this thread, otherwise it's "Dead-man walking: Naori"

we probably scared him away or soemthing.