GREAT WALL OF CHINA History of the Great Wall of China: The Great Wall of China is the national military defense project in the cold weapon war era with the longest time and the largest amount of construction in the world. It condenses the sweat and wisdom of our ancestors and is the symbol and pride of the Chinese nation. According to historical records, since the Warring States period, more than 20 vassals and feudal dynasties have built the Great Wall. The earliest was the Chu Kingdom. To defend the nomadic or enemy countries in the north, they began to build the Great Wall. Subsequently, Qi, Yan, Wei, Zhao, Qin, and other countries also began to build their own Great Wall for the same purpose. After Qin unified the six countries, the famous emperor Qin Shihuang sent Meng Tian northward to the Xiongnu, connecting the Great Walls of various countries. From Linyao in the west to Liaodong in the east, it stretched for more than 10,000 miles. This is called the
History of Persepolis
Persepolis, the magnificent city built to the greatest glory of the Persian kings, witnessed, in 330 BC, a celebration not exactly remembered with pride. And it is that one of the jewels of the Achaemenid Empire was totally looted by the troops of Alexander the Great when he took the city in his conquest of the Persian territories.A CITY OF KINGS
Persepolis was one of the largest Persian cities, located in what is now Iran. It did not have a solid defense, although part of it was walled and had watchtowers. It had been built to glorify the Persian kings, and there were grand palaces with hypostyle rooms, grandiose monuments, and buildings of Greek and Egyptian remembrance. It was a magnificent and very rich city, for it was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenids: Alexander found immense loot there.The city surrendered to the conqueror when he arrived after having conquered other nearby cities, therefore, the way in which Alexander the Great celebrated his victory, destroying the city, is cause for doubt. Apparently, the courtesan Tais, lover of Ptolemy, one of Alexander's great friends, convinced him to avenge the destruction of Athens, which the Persians had attacked during one of the episodes of the Medical Wars (499-449 BC).
Alexander the Great, eager to strengthen his power, threw himself into the street with a torch and set Xerxes' Palace on fire; its cedar wood columns and ceilings burned rapidly and the fire spread throughout the city. His completely drunk warriors did the rest.
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