How Was The Great Wall Of China Built? | Blowing-Up History: Seven Wonders

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The Great Wall Of China was built to protect a growing empire and the Silk Road that brought in wealth, but how exactly was the wall built?
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@JCtwelvefortytwo 3 жыл бұрын

Videos like this remind me of the early 2000s when the discovery channel and the history channel where actually educational and not filled with fake realty show's.

@richardlaed1582 2 жыл бұрын

yeah and it's nostalgic, i even believed WWE that time

@akshatsharma1 2 жыл бұрын

I just couldn't agree more

@dxwkx9119 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Naval Legends

@mukundagrawal9585 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I don't like most of the shows that are now aired on Discovery & History TV.

@momoduamoss5089 2 жыл бұрын

Its really interesting,

@George-yz3sb 3 жыл бұрын

I have been to china and the great wall and can honestly say everything about it is just incredible!!! Videos and pictures cant do the justice you should all really get to see it once in your life trust me 😊

@kenechukwuamanda 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully one day

@unfairbullet 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I would love to travel, can you send money?

@BKLau70 2 жыл бұрын

10 mins is only a quick summary. Not even an hour is able to show the Great Wall, forget talking about China at the time ...

@ongsengkee2530 2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

@momoduamoss5089 2 жыл бұрын

Its will happen one day

@John-ym9ht 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine columns of thousands of people that looked like ants. Imagine just the logistics of supplying food, water, wood and materials to all the workers.

@rodrigofilho1996 2 жыл бұрын

People forget about food and water for workers in these types of videos, imagine having to supply food and water for 1.000.000 people every day...

@notalexh0yt 3 ай бұрын

@@rodrigofilho1996it’s simple. they didn’t

@jonathansteiner8053 2 ай бұрын

When most of the labor is done by slaves, that's not as much of a factor

@Brancaalice 2 ай бұрын

@@jonathansteiner8053 China didn't employed slaves, it against their culture since Confucius.

@sugewhitejacoby8654 3 жыл бұрын

This is really interesting! I could watch topics like this all day!

@JaysonandFriends 3 жыл бұрын

So do I!

@basanthi1422 Жыл бұрын

Me too

@rimpa_126 Жыл бұрын

Same here 🙋‍♀️

@___beyondhorizon4664 Жыл бұрын

DW English produced high quality documentary on various topics such as travel culture, history etc. Yesterday, its was how Israel because today's state

@hhydar883 2 жыл бұрын

One million men working on 13000 miles of wall at such impossible heights. This is mind boggling. Truly remarkable achievement for that time 👏👏

@Racso88e 2 жыл бұрын

Correction, still truly remarkable in current time. That whole shit was built with no machinery.

@hhydar883 2 жыл бұрын

@@Racso88e exactly and we havnt even discussed the building process of Egyptian Pyramids

@jiggnorth3593 Жыл бұрын

@@hhydar883 Nothing is more impressive than The Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Wall of China is impressive but we know how they did it, it's not very complicated. But to this day we have no clue how the pyramids were even built. Its mindblowing 🤯

@shaheenshad5012 Жыл бұрын

@@jiggnorth3593 both are wonders cause the we only assume the great wall was built with a million workers same as in Egypt we assume they used tamed wild elephants.

@jiggnorth3593 Жыл бұрын

@@shaheenshad5012 Absolutely nobody assumes that the Egyptians used elephants to build the pyramids. I think you've been watching to many movies.

@mevlishafernandes5050 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that these structures cannot be built now ,they were made uniquely and look absolutely insane 😍

@momoduamoss5089 2 жыл бұрын

morden days building

@___Zack___ Жыл бұрын

They can be built now quicker, easier and even more fortified. What are you talking about Mevlisha?

@cheyenne3603 Жыл бұрын

I never been before it would be beautiful for me too go I would love to go there

@petejones6827 Жыл бұрын

bahahaha why do you thin it canot be built again? are you saying politically speaking or like actual knowledge of the cnstruction? cause we can build this better stronger and bigger now a days not too mention 1000 times faster. to be honest i dont know why every country doesnt have a great wall. every house should have a fence IMO physical lines to mark ownership

@barnney-zf4lg Жыл бұрын

@@petejones6827 thats a waste of money the possession of modern/nuclear weapons already solves that

@danitassy2889 2 жыл бұрын

I've been to 6 sections of the Great Wall already and I hope to be able to explore more of it.

@mcmacshalfilya 2 жыл бұрын

Is it as breathtaking as U?🌫️

@ShinyaBlue Жыл бұрын

much more than me !!!

@hekmataryaan399 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely astonishing to watch discovery like this, just amazing...

@DdDddd-ep4vz 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the upload. Got lots of information..

@johnsamu 3 жыл бұрын

Stopping penetration of the wall wasn't the main purpose, it was meant to hold up and cause delay just so thar reinforcements could be sent. Every wall can be penetrated, when being attacked the watchtowers would signal for reinforcements from the other watchtowers.

@wildestcowboy2668 Жыл бұрын

That's a bloody lie!

@kidskid8210 Жыл бұрын

Lol it can’t be penetrated during that time because ancient chinese army only uses ladder as their way of siege

@yewsoonfatt Жыл бұрын

@@wildestcowboy2668 thats the truth. the chinese built them to delay the the nomad armies and to buy time for the central to gather reinforcement. the chinese dont deploy lots of men at the wall, only a some minimum sentries to guard the wall, because the cost is very high to support a soldier at the wall, you dont understand how difficult it is for people in ancient time to bring food and water there. the chinese knew the wall itself cannot stop the warriors from the north, you people have no idea about how the nomad fight, its not just a bunch of riders, but also followed by the herds of sheeps and cows, which is the support for the nomads. the wall might not be able to stop the mongolian from climbing and crossing the wall, but it definitely is a great obstacle for the herds. if the invaders want to storm China with speed, they will need to give up their herds at the wall, else they gonna waste some time to get the herds crossing the wall to continue the conquest. one of the main advantage the mongolian and other nomads have is their mobility, they dont rely on supplies from the rear line like the chinese army, the herds are their food and supplies. and the wall is connected from other provinces, which means that even the mongols broke one point of the wall and made it through the wall, it doesnt mean that they have controlled or completely destroyed the wall, in fact, the chinese always can use the remaining part of the wall to send their back up to take back the wall and form a great encirclement against the invaders. now thats how the wall is meant for. you learned something new today

@biochemwang2421 11 ай бұрын

Transmit information by smokes and fires on a line of watch towers was a brilliant idea.

@amitavapain6349 2 жыл бұрын

I want this sort of informative contents should be back on Discovery.

@MRCHEMICALBLUNT 3 жыл бұрын

This was really good

@sifuwemwangala5918 Жыл бұрын

This definitely deserves its spot as a world wonder, such a significant formation. Also, we need more of such informative content videos like back in the day.

@user-tz7je5sz9j 11 ай бұрын

biggest evil in chinese history. after the people feel safe, their human nature of laziness show.

@muyloco 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing !

@andyland2838 3 жыл бұрын

Scientific description: super tough bricks 😂

@andyland2838 3 жыл бұрын

Least it wasn't "made from earth" like the old walls

@0-Elias-0 4 ай бұрын

(0:06) *13,000 Miles of Wall* Dude, my mind was so blown by that stat that the rest of this video just went in-one-ear-and-out-the-other.

@sakurasoh Жыл бұрын

My answer is China if we have a time machine and to be at this era when this mighty wall was constructed. It truly truly earns the spot to be the Wonder of the World.

@Realyouthtv Жыл бұрын

watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲

@rotichnicholas7207 2 ай бұрын

I am watching this on my way to the great wall as part of pre-visit information gathering process

@J16179 3 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine a ancient battle there. Thousands of bows shooting off that wall had to be nuts. I can only picture a helms deep type of battle there lol

@sirmiles1820 3 жыл бұрын

Mongols didnt bother to scale that shit. They fucking used the far end to go around the walls then started defeating Chinese until they got their asses kicked. Millions died tho.

@J16179 3 жыл бұрын

@@sirmiles1820 I’ll have to study up on that. It was probably wild.

@ShinyaBlue Жыл бұрын

ahh... helms deep is also my favourite...

@Anonymous8830 3 жыл бұрын

0:33 like some three-year old looked at the map and decided to draw a few lines here and there. "look daddy, I drew a bird"

@gerrygarcia7054 3 жыл бұрын

Trump needs to take notes

@TheMachoVato 3 ай бұрын

For what?

@sashaboxer494 Жыл бұрын

this must be cool to watch happening in person! I Actually want to learn more

@jacobgreen0915 3 жыл бұрын

i’m glad you guys fixed the audio so you can head the narrator. i had to stop watching one of your other videos because i couldn’t hear anything.

@LyonhartZ2 2 жыл бұрын

Finally a decent explanaition

@Go4Broke247 3 жыл бұрын

Do one Sanxingdui discovery and artifacts next

@ronghangsarklim7626 2 жыл бұрын

Chinese poem says; "He who has not seen The Great Wall, His might and beauty so rare".

@krishnaff9321 2 жыл бұрын

Nice vdo

@vijaykumar-rp6yc 3 жыл бұрын

Hampi would be great for research expecting documtary on it.

@dracarysssx 3 жыл бұрын

Discovery UK: How was the great wall of China built? Discovery UK: we don't know

@miaomiaochan Жыл бұрын

Sometimes, "I don't know" is the only answer we have.

@craigbrown5359 4 ай бұрын

Most incredible!!! What a feat of human toil and ingenuity!!!

@Trev.S 2 жыл бұрын

5:06 - anyone see the face in the dirt 😂😂cool

@andreykolobikhin 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting construction! - Who were prosecuted under the wall etc, like it is spoken and shown in some movies and other sources?

@rimaroy1273 2 жыл бұрын

Nice ❤️

@munyaradzimhiripiri5117 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible

@ps3301 3 жыл бұрын

American can't even build the wall in Texas.

@motionsick Жыл бұрын

You spend all day on an American website.

@carpioify 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's better to hear commentaries from a chinese Historian.

@petma5551 2 жыл бұрын

That’s my point, these Westerners pretend to know everything about other people but don’t want people to tell their story. Hypocrisy.

@MishaElRusito Жыл бұрын

Not only they had probably a few million workers, they'd also need to have a few millions of warriors to spread them throughout the whole wall.

@youngz13o 2 жыл бұрын

Legend has it, America was calling the Great Wall a debt trap when it was being built

@tateeames1227 2 жыл бұрын

Legend has it the us wasn’t being raided by Mexico via horseback

@jobethgaliza4064 3 жыл бұрын

That kind of structure have thousand of builders to finish .

@user-vc6xs6cz8p 2 жыл бұрын

thousands? lol more like millions. you got to think in Chinese scale when doing project.

@miaomiaochan Жыл бұрын

Over a million.

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@user-di9dm8on9q 7 ай бұрын

It is awesome, amazing,and fabulous.Like..

@AatumJ 3 жыл бұрын

and how is that the modern engineers structures do not withstand even a single monsoon season!!!

@Realatmx Жыл бұрын

Bcz modern society care for profit.. Don't give fuck about values, honesty and dedication

@nagatribellive9105 3 жыл бұрын

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@minnesota6125 Жыл бұрын

These guys make trumps wall look like a kids contraction project

@rogercook8277 Жыл бұрын

What brought me here? I had a taste for some Chinese Food tonight, so on my way to the house I stop to pick me up some. They had a picture on there wall showing part of the Great Wall. I always wanted to know why they built the wall in the first place. Now I know and a whole lot more. Thank you for posting this video. 2/6/2023

@ladymangindo 3 жыл бұрын

I was in Great Wall of Badaling, what a magnificent preserved part. Unfortunately, you can see a lot of vandalism, I mean some local Chinese tourists are carving their name or something on it.

@Jaffacall3251 9 ай бұрын

chinese wouldn't do this, likely japanese

@LeecheeChinaTour 5 ай бұрын

If you go to another section of the Great Wall, it will be more beautiful than the Badaling Mountains, with fewer people and fewer people

@theneed80g Ай бұрын

This is what I want to achieve in every survival game

@cliffwoodbury5319 3 жыл бұрын

the worlds oldest dock (fishing pier)

@douglasang3527 Жыл бұрын

This is actually a Tomb ! Millions died and buried !

@randomrangoon5476 3 жыл бұрын

That's how you build a wall. Maybe next time the U.S wants a wall built,they should call the Chinese lol

@googane7755 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically the wall failed to stop the mongols and later the manchus

@gamedo4269 10 ай бұрын

How did the set the base in those high mountains.

@harindersingh495 10 ай бұрын

I like the video

@pubkrocknroll 3 жыл бұрын

It was built to keep the Mongols out, what a masterpiece of engineering for its time.

@homoerectus744 3 жыл бұрын

All you need is one breach,no matter how long it is.unless it's completely manned, its quite useless.was it?

@kunlunmont6399 2 жыл бұрын

@@homoerectus744 u think those watch tower guards were all blinded?

@user-vc6xs6cz8p 2 жыл бұрын

Mongol's advantage is horse. can't pull horse up the great wall and during that time they don't have weapon to bring down the wall

@googane7755 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-vc6xs6cz8p Actually during their invasion, the mongols employed thousands of chinese siege engineers into their ranks that they ironically fielded the most sophisticated siege weaponry and tactics at the time that brought down mightiest cities all over asia.

@momoduamoss5089 2 жыл бұрын

Never in history

@ChindianKing888 3 жыл бұрын

Proud of my Half Chinese heritage!

@ViserysThePeaceful 3 жыл бұрын

China Namba Wan

@lucagarrett517 3 жыл бұрын

Ho lee phuk

@samahao Жыл бұрын

I am Chinese and I’m proud

@piercemccauley7079 3 жыл бұрын

And when you died they would use your body as structure under the wall. Brutal

@xxEmmankunnArt 3 жыл бұрын

oh yeah, I remember that thing. They also called this as longest cemetery sometimes

@nothing9220 3 жыл бұрын

That's good... Anyway it was going to land to rot... Why not makes it to some use

@isaiasc4914 3 жыл бұрын

Ok good i thought i was the only one remembering that

@darksun4305 2 жыл бұрын

thats just a myth since the wall would just break down after a couple of decades if actual bodies were used

@xrc5540 2 жыл бұрын

This sort of comment typifies the racists on KZfaq.

@danielirl9252 5 ай бұрын

Knowing that youve helped build the great wall must be such a proud feeling

@tomchekotevski9105 4 ай бұрын

Proudly made a slave?? Wtf m8!

@hoseakiruii 3 жыл бұрын

◇Human Marvels....Unceasingly mind boggling!

@amazingpopular 2 жыл бұрын

Good 💓💓💓💓💓,👍👍🙏🙏🙏

@redaa005 Жыл бұрын

It was used as a trade route opening trade between the west and Asia.

@EmillianoAntonio10742 Жыл бұрын

Amazing built

@okkyerwandhi9418 Жыл бұрын

2:35 damn someone walking alone

@user-zc1xc1yz2j 3 жыл бұрын

We don't know either

@___beyondhorizon4664 Жыл бұрын

I visited the Great Wall in March 2020, still had snow on the ground. Only few parts of the walls are open for tourism. The climb are very steep and mostly 40 degrees up. One section seems almost vertical 😢.there only one restroom on the entire tourist route and its the world most stinky toilet and it was disgusting 🤮🤢

@yuluoxianjun 3 ай бұрын

lol

@arslaanpasha3334 2 ай бұрын

Wht only few parts of wall are open for tourists??

@golgumbazguide...4113 Жыл бұрын

Explore Golgumbaz, Bijapur, South India 🇮🇳

@lllXpOlll 2 жыл бұрын

All i can see is the suffering and death those people went throught to build this

@gangstar8652 3 жыл бұрын

What an awe inspiring structure. 13k miles of wall and battlements just incredible really. An you can see it from space is fantastic. Great to watch programs on the subject just wish I’d of gone to some part of it last time I was in Southeast Asia as I doubt I’ll visit that part of the world 🌍 again. India next for me.

@yecawang 2 жыл бұрын

You can't see it from space.

@ShinyaBlue Жыл бұрын

im chinese and thanks for the compliment, however, you cannot see it in space though

@IZAYIN Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure one of my ancestors were there building as well.

@dejondabeast2 Жыл бұрын

400,000 ppl died? That was a huge sacrifice.

@guiluo6065 5 ай бұрын

why no subtitles?

@patrickbattaille8793 3 жыл бұрын

Neat

@amym3169 Жыл бұрын

It almost seems like most people back in the days were less afraid of heights than people now..

@colinbateman8233 19 күн бұрын

Just imagine the years of learning how to operate the kilm the Chinese continue to be extremely industrious I have to visit china before I die

@SamanthaTucker-iu7qg 11 ай бұрын

I see now why it’s one of the seven wonders of the world 🌎

@marklee3785 4 ай бұрын

I "like" how historians talk as if they were there!!😂😂😂

@darreldavid4653 3 жыл бұрын

are these footages from Unearthed?

@BE4FIT Жыл бұрын

The best part of The Great Wall: Jiankou: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mMenmJlkq9_eeWw.html

@pangga18 5 ай бұрын

Salute to the cameraman took this video in 1550

@GodisReal1234 Ай бұрын

How did they produce so many bricks at that time how many bricks did it take. And the ovens and man power at that time amazing and the logistics to move to the location needes without semi trucks and up the mountain wow

@sibo99212 2 ай бұрын

Then scientist say "aliens help to build the pyramids" but Chinese built the Wall.🤦🏾‍♂️

@colinmccarthy7921 27 күн бұрын

It is a remarkable achievement.

@sir1547 Жыл бұрын

The ancient Chinese faced great threats from the Mongols and the Huns. Building the Great Wall can protect us from being invaded by these barbarians! At the same time, Europeans also faced threats from nomadic peoples in the East, but the degree was far less than that of China

@charleslee4821 Жыл бұрын

just like recent war you see

@chanemark2592 5 ай бұрын

The effective protection of the Great Wall caused the weak nomads to be eliminated. Only the stronger, more organized and aggressive nomads could survive, so the Huns, Mongols, and Turks moved westward.

@KISSMAJUICYASS Жыл бұрын

Respect

@Romansoldier8888 3 жыл бұрын

'But the mongols still captured the whole of China'

@user-pm1gk4vh2h 7 ай бұрын

This is the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty, and the Great Wall built by Qin has long since ceased to exist. The Yuan Dynasty built by Mongols was in front of the Ming Dynasty, which was to defend the Eight Banners of Manchuria and later the Great Qing Dynasty.

@robertbragg9364 4 ай бұрын

1 man moving 100 bricks a day for a year is 36,500. 10,000 men is 365,000,000 in a year. When you figure out the number of workers they're saying built it, they didn't have to move many bricks a day for more than a few years. It's the digging, setting up, and the process of making the bricks that made them so efficient. The chinese have always been intelligent, and the great wall is just another example of their knowledge and abilities. I'd love to see it in person. To see the silk road and the palaces all over china. Can you imagine visiting the Mongolian empire in its prime? It must've been an amazing sight.

@Brancaalice 2 ай бұрын

A bunch of warrior living in dirty tents.

@mr.redgold6670 11 ай бұрын

It’s like the 1st Ancient freeway.

@stonedcoldchillerk7780 3 жыл бұрын

Wait how tf do you just glaze over “400,000 people died building the wall” and throw that in at the end? What the fuck?

@Andanzasdeunharagan 2 жыл бұрын

Age of Empires Sound 3:17

@cliffwoodbury5319 3 жыл бұрын

if i was china i would rebuild the great wall. Do u know that the span of time from the first brick laid to the last is farther than the last brick to present day!! That would mean if the wall was rebuilt it would quote on quote still be an on going process. And in modern times all the walls would be attached. Every section would have sections may be arched at intervals and some stretchs of the wall would be arched to allow people and animals to pass and for plants to grow. By rebuilding the wall several important things are accomplished. First off there are over a million bodies wihtin teh walls and they would all be exumed and then reburied along the walls lengths in national cemiteries. Second, modern Chinese citizens could have their names on a brick along with any other Chinese from the past; this would be an honor to all that had their names on the bricks. Some of the brick could be kept and used in the interior of the walls of the tower but most would be used in interior walls of towns and cities that would be built along the wall, as well as for park benches and many other things close to the wall. This Would symbolize that the Great Wall isn't just a stone wall, but a living breathing thing; a dragon who is still protecting the people. it would be the most amazing thing to walk and or bike on....

@fightback397 Жыл бұрын

Yeh , another build back better wef mouthpiece

@user-GTTW Жыл бұрын

I love your second point !

@user-iv9wv6ej7f 6 ай бұрын

This is awesome! How God gave man a gift to build this great wall for his children to see and enjoy

@OnlyGoodSHHH 2 жыл бұрын

how the FK do they get the bricks into and out of the kiln, though?! the kiln process is hardly explained, even though it seems to be one of the most important parts of the entire brick-making process! wtf?

@douglashanson7489 9 ай бұрын

Ya know, at 16 feet wide, they could've just built the Silk Road exactly like this, making trade carts and caravans immune to attack.

@christophercarrasco1318 Ай бұрын

On day my son and I are going to visit the great historic wall

@1har2vey3 11 ай бұрын

they are elivated roman roads not walls. the ramparts are on both sides therefore they are a road system built to defend and facilitate the movement of goods. as part of the silk road to the middle east

@lame3735 2 жыл бұрын

Очень вкусно все

@mansidasgupta7104 Жыл бұрын

My. Favourite.

@YoHoosierDaddy Жыл бұрын

Whoever they were defending, gotta be scary af.

@Kaleemixoffice Жыл бұрын

Imagine Building a wall in almost 2,500 years with millions of bricks and manpower to defend your country, and someone bypasses it with a plane. lol

@yuluoxianjun 3 ай бұрын

it is built 2500 years ago.rather than use 2500 years to built.and it did help China be under safe a long time.i mean,thousand years.only tens of years turks/mongolians/manchurians can pass it,other time they even dont dare to close the scary wall.If you have no any mind about thousand years,i mention you,it is 10 time of USA history