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Parts of the Great Wall date from the Warring States Period, when each state built a fortified wall along its border to ward off
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possible invasions from its hostile neighbors. After emperor Qin Shi-huang succeeded in unifying China, he reinforced the walls
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along the northern borders of the original states and had them connected into one defensive system traversing from Lintao in Gansu
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in the west to Liaodong in the east. Reinforcement and renovations were constantly carried out during successive dynasties. The
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present shape of the Great Wall owes much to the 100-year-old large-scale expansion and rebuilding during the Ming Dynasty.