Technological Advancements: The Great Wall Of China

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Technological advancements, such as new medical technology and architecture processes, improve a person’s quality of life mentally and physically. For instance, having a new medical robot placed in your nearest hospital due to great new research and studies or even the Great Wall of China being built is a positive thing. New technological improvements happen daily and are making this world a better place. Medical technology has gone on through the classical era till now and is only getting better. Within the Dynasties around 111 CE, the first medical book holding tons of information on treatments, cures, diseases, symptoms and such was produced. All of the information in this book can easily be seen, it has been done by investigation and the help of advancements. With this betterment being created it has also led to many more developments which can be used to make this world a superior place such as a medical robot to do a simple surgery all by the start of a book! …show more content…
It was built during the Qin Dynasty to keep their people safe and avoid invasions, while also distinctly differentiating parts of other empires. The Great Wall of China was built with studies and furtherance of technology that improved the way the architecture was handled. Without having this research done the wall could have had many dangers, and be irrelevant in certain situations, if they weren’t able to study, where the wall was to be built or how would it be built and sturdy enough to keep everyone safe yet secure enough not to enter our

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