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Emperor Qin Orders Construction on Great Wall

246 B.C.                                The Peking Press


236-534 B.C.

Emperor Qin has commanded the starting of a great wall that separates the mongols from us, the Chinese. He orders all peasants and craftsman to work on the wall for him.The situation here is that emperor Qin wants to build the wall so he can keep all the invaders out of the country. That has been an issue that our enemies keep invading the country. this happening is near Xianyang China in 246 B.C. All this happened because emperor Qin wanted to have a gigantic wall that would keep invaders and enemies out of his country.

What happened before the wall started was that emperor Qins country was being invaded by enemies and he was not going to keep letting it happen so he wanted to build a huge wall that would keep them out. Emperor Qin got people to work on the wall by forcing the peasants and craftsmen. He would kill the people if they didn’t work on the wall. Emperor Qin’s plan is working.

    A craftsman said “I don’t like working on the wall because it is too much work, bad conditions, and too many people have died already.”

    A peasant said “I want to serve Emperor Qin and I would do anything for him.”