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

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]

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]

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

[@akshatsharma1]

I just couldn't agree more

[@dxwkx9119]

Reminds me of Naval Legends

[@mukundagrawal9585]

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

[@momoduamoss5089]

Its really interesting,

[@George-yz3sb]

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]

Hopefully one day

[@unfairbullet]

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

[@BKLau70]

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]

Agree 100%

[@momoduamoss5089]

Its will happen one day

[@John-ym9ht]

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]

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]

@@rodrigofilho1996it’s simple. they didn’t

[@jonathansteiner8053]

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

[@Brancaalice]

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

[@NoitsYe]

@@notalexh0ytfr ppl act like the Chinese don’t lose a million ppl for every war and obstacle. It’s a country w over a billion people.

[@hhydar883]

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

[@Racso88e]

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

[@hhydar883]

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

[@jiggnorth3593]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@mevlishafernandes5050]

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

[@momoduamoss5089]

morden days building

[@___Zack___]

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

[@cheyenne3603]

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

[@petejones6827]

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]

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

[@sugewhitejacoby8654]

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

[@JaysonandFriends]

So do I!

[@basanthi1422]

Me too

[@rimpa_126]

Same here 🙋‍♀️

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

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

[@vamosprachina]

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

[@mcmacshalfilya]

Is it as breathtaking as U?🌫️

[@ShinyaBlue]

much more than me !!!

[@johnsamu]

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]

That's a bloody lie!

[@kidskid8210]

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

[@yewsoonfatt]

@@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]

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

[@0-Elias-0]

(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.

[@d58l68]

Tall and Thick. Human labor. High up on the mountains....

[@rotichnicholas7207]

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

[@andyland2838]

Scientific description: super tough bricks 😂

[@andyland2838]

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

[@sakurasoh]

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.

[@hekmataryaan399]

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

[@amitavapain6349]

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

[@J16179]

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]

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]

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

[@ShinyaBlue]

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

[@Anonymous8830]

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"

[@sifuwemwangala5918]

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]

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

[@ronghangsarklim7626]

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

[@dracarysssx]

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

[@miaomiaochan]

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

[@carpioify]

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

[@petma5551]

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

[@AatumJ]

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

[@Realatmx]

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

[@yowlolstfu6759]

Oh yes the #1 expert of ancient Chinese structures.. the White Man.

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[@ChindianKing888]

Proud of my Half Chinese heritage!

[@ViserysThePeaceful]

China Namba Wan

[@lucagarrett517]

Ho lee phuk

[@randomrangoon5476]

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

[@googane7755]

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

[@DdDddd-ep4vz]

Thanks for the upload. Got lots of information..

[@Realyouthtv]

watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@gerrygarcia7054]

Trump needs to take notes

[@YNW-DELI]

For what?

[@douglasang3527]

This is actually a Tomb ! Millions died and buried !

[@ps3301]

American can't even build the wall in Texas.

[@motionsick]

You spend all day on an American website.

[@MRCHEMICALBLUNT]

This was really good

[@jacobgreen0915]

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.

[@colinmccarthy7921]

It is a remarkable achievement.

[@jobethgaliza4064]

That kind of structure have thousand of builders to finish .

[@user-vc6xs6cz8p]

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

[@miaomiaochan]

Over a million.

[@sir1547]

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]

just like recent war you see

[@chanemark2592]

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.

[@minnesota6125]

These guys make trumps wall look like a kids contraction project

[@youngz13o]

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

[@tateeames1227]

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

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

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]

lol

[@arslaanpasha3334]

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

[@Trev.S]

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

[@craigbrown5359]

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

[@marklee3785]

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

[@ladymangindo]

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]

chinese wouldn't do this, likely japanese

[@LeecheeChinaTour]

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

[@LyonhartZ2]

Finally a decent explanaition

[@GodisReal1234]

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

[@muyloco]

Amazing !

[@MishaElRusito]

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.

[@SamanthaTucker-iu7qg]

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

[@Go4Broke247]

Do one Sanxingdui discovery and artifacts next

[@sibo99212]

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

[@vijaykumar-rp6yc]

Hampi would be great for research expecting documtary on it.

[@pubkrocknroll]

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

[@homoerectus744]

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

[@kunlunmont6399]

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

[@user-vc6xs6cz8p]

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]

@@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]

Never in history

[@robertdean6222]

If China can protect there boarders so can we !

[@devinguardiola9763]

China can build us a boarder😂

[@NoitsYe]

Their*

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Naga girls are really beautiful

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[@dilukaprasad]

most Beautifull and amazing country on earth china 😍💚💛💖💗

[@mc4240]

Yeah thanks for COVID

[@dilukaprasad]

@@mc4240 who knows from where covid originated you only beleive what america says

[@samahao]

I am Chinese and I’m proud

[@colinbateman8233]

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

[@chanemark2592]

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.

[@markoshea6833]

Are you saying that the birth of European Civilisation started in Mongolia?

[@redaa005]

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

[@piercemccauley7079]

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

[@xxEmmankunnArt]

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

[@nothing9220]

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

[@isaiasc4914]

Ok good i thought i was the only one remembering that

[@darksun4305]

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

[@xrc5540]

This sort of comment typifies the racists on KZbin.

[@user-pm1gk4vh2h]

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.

[@616CC]

Centuries? You mean Millenia America..

[@Albertomor4321]

America? You mean United States, America its a continent

[@chiyou-22336]

China did not built it. It was Tartaria. If you look at old maps, China was smaller than it is now.

[@rogercook8277]

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

[@robertbragg9364]

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]

A bunch of warrior living in dirty tents.

[@gangstar8652]

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]

You can't see it from space.

[@ShinyaBlue]

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

[@user-zc1xc1yz2j]

We don't know either

[@danielirl9252]

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

[@tomchekotevski9105]

Proudly made a slave?? Wtf m8!

[@crisdinglasa1081]

Human in the past is much more energetic,,and healthy body that's they can build this kind of wall for a thousand years

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

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]

Yeh , another build back better wef mouthpiece

[@GloryToTaiwan]

I love your second point !

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

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[@dejondabeast2]

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

[@tylerlanceGSD]

Goku ran the whole thing

[@medinabillyclients]

Dre parker ran in the great wall of china

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

the worlds oldest dock (fishing pier)

[@christophercarrasco1318]

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

[@theneed80g]

This is what I want to achieve in every survival game

[@hoseakiruii]

◇Human Marvels....Unceasingly mind boggling!

[@user-iv9wv6ej7f]

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

[@andreykolobikhin]

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

[@lllXpOlll]

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

[@markoshea6833]

You are an example of 'the Downside, - of Empathy'.

[@user-vo3oq2ix6b]

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[@IZAYIN]

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

[@sashaboxer494]

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

[@gyurmethlodroe1774]

Reality of how it was built. Every household had to send one labourer to the site of the wall. They walk hundreds and hundres of miles under mounted guards to reach the building sites. These labourers had to procure, carry and cook their own meals. On the site they worked on stravation diet. Many died of exhaustion and beatings. There bodiesvwere bricked up into the wall. To be conscripted to build that wall was like being a footsoldier in Mao's army. Just expendables, cannon fodders and non human

[@lordbry470]

Lol you just copied the egyptian pyramid theory. But history has shown us you can't make these stuff with excellent quality using slaves /forced labour.

[@gyurmethlodroe1774]

@@lordbry470 This is not theory, it is documented history. If they used only skilled labourers, the construction would still be going on.

[@fightback397]

Bull theory . The workers on that wall were decently paid . It was not a concentration camp but a military fortification built by several different regions .

[@Brancaalice]

@@lordbry470 They where not forced labour, if they was not willing, they would die also their famillies killed for invaders or hungry. The emperor asked them and all was willing. There was not much choice. It survive of all.

[@okkyerwandhi9418]

2:35 damn someone walking alone

[@3jaz]

I can't imagine a lot of people trying to break into China!

[@douglashanson7489]

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.

[@1har2vey3]

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

[@stonedcoldchillerk7780]

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?

[@amym3169]

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

[@mr.redgold6670]

It’s like the 1st Ancient freeway.

[@YoHoosierDaddy]

Whoever they were defending, gotta be scary af.

[@DHindu_05]

How was corona build should be the proper subject to document

[@Romansoldier8888]

'But the mongols still captured the whole of China'

[@Andanzasdeunharagan]

Age of Empires Sound 3:17

[@aishwaryaganesh8765]

Have you all seen Avatar..... That's the beauty of Chinese folk.... Love

[@0013619511]

Hard back-breaking work how many died building wall?

[@suparoo100]

"China's first line of defense" .. right, the Mongols just rode around the ends of it!!!!!!

[@pangga18]

Salute to the cameraman took this video in 1550

[@johnchan8552]

Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall!!!!

[@billybardo6373]

By the Tartarians!