The Chinese Wall, this amazing structure was built for almost 2000 years and its length is 4 thousand kilometers! Such a long-term construction is not bad … Traditionally, it is believed that the Great Wall of China began to be built in the 3rd century BC. For protection from northern nomads. On this occasion N. A. Morozov wrote:
“One thought that the famous Chinese Wall, 6 to 7 meters high, and up to three thick, stretching for THREE THOUSAND KILOMETERS, was started by the construction back in 246 BC by the emperor Shi-Hoangti and WAS FINISHED ONLY IN 1866 YEARS, BY 1620 AD, is so absurd that it can only annoy the serious historian and thinker.
After all, every large building has a pre-determined practical goal … Who would have thought of starting a huge construction, which can be completed only in 2000 years, and until then it will only be a useless burden for the population …
And the Chinese Wall could survive as well as it is now only if it is no more than a few hundred years old."
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We will be told - the Wall was repaired two thousand years. Doubtful. It only makes sense to repair a not very old building, otherwise it will become hopelessly outdated and simply fall apart. What we are seeing, by the way, in Europe.
The old defensive walls were dismantled and new, more powerful ones were built in their place. For example, many military fortifications in Russia were rebuilt in the 16th century.
But we are told that the Chinese Wall was built as it stood for TWO THOUSAND YEARS. They do not say that "the modern wall was built recently on the site of the ancient one."
No, they say that we see exactly the wall that was erected two thousand years ago. In our opinion, this is extremely strange, to say the least.
When and against whom was the wall built? We cannot answer exactly. This requires additional research. However, let us express the following thought.
The Great Wall of China was built primarily as a structure that marks the BORDER between two countries: China and Russia.
It is doubtful that it was built as a military defensive structure. And it was hardly ever used in this capacity. Defending a 4,000-kilometer wall against enemy attacks is SENSE.
LN Gumilev quite rightly wrote: “The wall stretches for 4 thousand km. Its height reached 10 meters, and watchtowers towered every 60-100 meters.
But when the work was completed, it turned out that all the armed forces of China were not enough to organize an effective defense on the wall.
In fact, if a small detachment is placed on each tower, then the enemy will destroy it before the neighbors have time to get together and give help.
If, however, sparsely arrange large detachments, then gaps are formed through which the enemy will easily and imperceptibly penetrate deep into the country. A FORTRESS WITHOUT DEFENDERS IS NOT A FORTRESS.
What is the difference between our point of view and the traditional one? We are told that the Wall separated China from the nomads in order to protect the country from their raids. But as Gumilev correctly noted, such an explanation does not stand up to criticism.
If the nomads wanted to cross the Wall, they would easily do it. And more than once. And anywhere. We offer a completely different explanation.
We believe that the Wall was built primarily to IDENTIFY THE BORDER BETWEEN TWO STATES. And it was built when they reached an agreement on this border. Apparently in order to exclude border disputes in the future.
And there probably were such disputes. Today, the agreed parties draw the border ON THE MAP (that is, on paper). And they believe that this is enough.
And in the case of Russia and China, the Chinese, apparently, attached such importance to the treaty that they decided to perpetuate it not only on paper, but also “on the ground”, drawing the Wall along the agreed border.
This was more reliable and, as the Chinese thought, would eliminate border disputes for a long time. The very length of the Wall speaks in favor of this assumption. Four, or one or two thousand kilometers is normal for the border between two states. But for a purely military structure, it is meaningless. But it’s a political border.
China for its allegedly more than two thousand years of history has changed many times. This is what historians themselves tell us. China united, then fell apart into separate regions, lost and acquired some lands, etc.
On the one hand, this seems to make it difficult to verify our reconstruction. But on the other hand, on the contrary, we are given the opportunity not only to check it, but also to DATE the construction of the Wall.
If we manage to find a political-geographical map on which the BORDER OF CHINA will pass EXACTLY ALONG THE GREAT WALL OF CHINESE, this will mean that it was AT THIS TIME that the wall was built.
Today the Wall of China is INSIDE China. Was there such a time when she designated the BORDER OF THE COUNTRY? And when did this happen? It is clear that if it was built as a BORDER WALL, then at that time it SHOULD WALK EXACTLY ON THE POLITICAL BORDER OF CHINA.
This will allow us to date the construction of the Wall. Let's try to find a GEOGRAPHIC MAP on which the Wall of China passes EXACTLY ON THE POLITICAL BORDER OF CHINA. It is important that there are SUCH CARDS. And there are many of them. These are maps of the 17th-18th centuries.
We take a map of Asia of the 18th century, made by the Royal Academy in Amsterdam: This map is taken from a rare atlas of the 18th century.
On this map we find two states: Tartary - Tartarie and China - Chine. China's northern border runs roughly along the 40th parallel. EXACTLY THIS BORDER IS A CHINESE WALL.
Moreover, on the map, this Wall is DESIGNATED as a bold line with the inscription Muraille de la Chine, that is, “the high wall of China” in French.
The same Chinese Wall, and with the same inscription on it, we see on another map of 1754 - Carte de l'Asie, taken by us from a rare atlas of the 18th century. Here the Chinese Wall also runs approximately along the border between China and Great Tataria, that is, Mongolo-Tataria = Russia.
We see the same thing on another map of Asia of the 17th century, in the famous Blau atlas. The Chinese Wall follows exactly the border of China, and only a small western section of the Wall is inside China.
In favor of our idea is the fact that the cartographers of the 18th century GENERALLY placed a CHINESE WALL ON THE POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD.
Consequently, this Wall HAD THE SENSE OF A POLITICAL BORDER. After all, cartographers did not depict other “wonders of the world” on this map, for example, the Egyptian pyramids.
And the Chinese Wall was painted. The same Wall is depicted on a color map of the Qing Empire of the second half of the 17th-18th centuries in the academic 10-volume World History.
This map depicts the Great Wall in detail, with all its small curves in the terrain. Almost along its entire length, it goes EXACTLY ON THE BORDER OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE, with the exception of a small westernmost section of the Wall, no more than 200 kilometers long. Apparently.
THE CHINESE GREAT WALL WAS BUILT IN THE XVI-XVII CENTURIES AS A POLITICAL BORDER BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA = “MONGOLO-TATARIA”.
It is impossible to admit that the "ancient" Chinese possessed such an amazing foresight that they predicted exactly how the border between China and Russia would pass in the 17th-18th centuries of the NEW ERA, that is, in two thousand years.
We may object: on the contrary, the border between Russia and China in the 17th century was drawn along the ancient Wall. However, in this case, the Wall should have been mentioned in the written Russian-Chinese agreement. We have not found such references.
When was the Wall = Border between Russia = "Mongolo-Tataria" and China built? Apparently, it was in the 17th century. It is not without reason that it is believed that its construction was “completed” only in 1620. And maybe even later. See below about this.
In this regard, I immediately recall that it was at this time that BORDER WARS were taking place between Russia and China. Probably, only at the end of the 17th century they agreed on the border. And then they built the wall to FIX THE CONTRACT.
Was this Wall earlier than the 17th century? Apparently not. The Scaligerian story tells us that China was conquered by the "Mongols" in the 13th century AD. e. More precisely, in 1279. And became a part of the huge "Mongolian" = Great Empire.
According to the new chronology, the correct date for this conquest is the end of the XIV century, that is, a hundred years later. In the Scaligerian history of China, this event is noted in the XIV century as the coming to power of the MING dynasty in 1368, that is, THE SAME MONGOLS.
As we now understand, in the XIV-XVI centuries, RUSSIA AND CHINA STILL MADE ONE EMPIRE. Therefore, there was no need to build a Wall = Border.
Most likely, such a need arose after the turmoil in Russia, the defeat of the Russian Horde dynasty and the seizure of power by the Romanovs. As you know, the Romanovs abruptly changed the political course of Russia, trying to subordinate the country to Western influence.
This pro-Western orientation of the new dynasty led to the collapse of the Empire. Turkey separated, and heavy wars began with it. China also seceded. And, in fact, control over a significant part of America was lost. China's relations with the Romanovs became tense, and border conflicts began. It took the construction of the Wall, which was done.
Apparently, you can even more accurately indicate the time of the construction of the Great Wall of China. As we said, the Wall was apparently erected as a border between China and Russia during the border disputes of the 17th century. ARMED COLLISIONS have flared up since the middle of the 17th century. The wars went on with varying success. Descriptions of these wars were preserved in Khabarov's notes.
The treaty that FIXED THE NORTHERN BORDER OF CHINA WITH RUSSIA was concluded in 1689 in Nerchinsk. Perhaps there were earlier attempts to conclude a Russian-Chinese treaty.
It is to be expected that the Wall of China was built between 1650 and 1689. This expectation is justified. It is known that the emperor = Bogdykhan Kangxi “began the implementation of his plan for FORWARDING THE RUSSIANS FROM THE AMUR.
BUILDING A CHAIN OF FORTIFICATIONS IN MANJURIA Bogdykhan sent the Manzhurian army to the Amur in 1684”What such a CHAIN OF FORCATIONS was built by Bogdykhan by 1684? Most likely, he built the Great Wall of China. That is, a CHAIN OF REINFORCED TOWERS, WALL-CONNECTED.