The Great Wall of China
Did the benefits outweigh the costs?
The Great Wall of China. It took hundreds of years to build and many lives were lost and many lives were saved by this outstanding structure. Some people think it was worth building it, some say it wasn’t. I say, the Great Wall of China was not worth building because of too many deaths and its expense.
First of all, the Great Wall of China was not only made by mud, stone, and wood, it was made more by the sweat, blood, and bones of workers. Hundreds and thousands of people worked on building this wall and more than 400,000 of them died. Some people even say that the Great Wall of China was literally made by its workers. It took 200 years to finish building it so, that means that 2.000 people died every year building this wall. …show more content…
The Warring States period started with some walls, then the Qin Dynasty linked it, after was the Han Dynasty who extended it west, and last was the Ming Dynasty who rebuilt the whole wall. They had to spend years building the foundation, pouring all of that dirt and mud, guarding and protecting it, and defending the wall from the Xiongnu. I guess you can say that the workers sacrificed themselves to the Great Wall of China.
It may be true that the Great Wall of China protected the people in the inside, but it didn’t protect the people in the outside. They sent peasants outside to live and work on the Great Wall of China. Since they lived there they couldn't go inside so, when the Xiongnu attacked they couldn’t go inside, they had to stay outside and stay alive. This tells us that the Great Wall of China didn’t even protect its workers from invaders like the Xiongnu which was the whole purpose of building it.
In conclusion, the Great Wall of China had several benefits, but more cost.It is one of the greatest wonders in the world, but is also one of the most costly, deadly, and hard worked for monuments in the
Did the benefits outweigh the costs?
The Great Wall of China. It took hundreds of years to build and many lives were lost and many lives were saved by this outstanding structure. Some people think it was worth building it, some say it wasn’t. I say, the Great Wall of China was not worth building because of too many deaths and its expense.
First of all, the Great Wall of China was not only made by mud, stone, and wood, it was made more by the sweat, blood, and bones of workers. Hundreds and thousands of people worked on building this wall and more than 400,000 of them died. Some people even say that the Great Wall of China was literally made by its workers. It took 200 years to finish building it so, that means that 2.000 people died every year building this wall. …show more content…
The Warring States period started with some walls, then the Qin Dynasty linked it, after was the Han Dynasty who extended it west, and last was the Ming Dynasty who rebuilt the whole wall. They had to spend years building the foundation, pouring all of that dirt and mud, guarding and protecting it, and defending the wall from the Xiongnu. I guess you can say that the workers sacrificed themselves to the Great Wall of China.
It may be true that the Great Wall of China protected the people in the inside, but it didn’t protect the people in the outside. They sent peasants outside to live and work on the Great Wall of China. Since they lived there they couldn't go inside so, when the Xiongnu attacked they couldn’t go inside, they had to stay outside and stay alive. This tells us that the Great Wall of China didn’t even protect its workers from invaders like the Xiongnu which was the whole purpose of building it.
In conclusion, the Great Wall of China had several benefits, but more cost.It is one of the greatest wonders in the world, but is also one of the most costly, deadly, and hard worked for monuments in the