What is the benefits of the great wall?

Answer 1

When construction was completed, the Great Wall of China provided protection to the economic development and cultural progress, safeguarded the trading routes such as the Silk Road, and secured transmission of information and transportation.

Answer 2

The Great Wall of China had its benefits for China because it prevented entry to the country for other peoples that wanted to take over China. It was also a way of limiting what came into the country or out of the country in the way of goods. Building the Great Wall of China cost many men their lives. It is over 13,000 miles long and took centuries to complete. There is no dollar amount available for the cost.

Answer 3

• To keep invaders out

The Great Wall was a psychological as well as physical barrier against invading military forces.

• To serve as lookout posts

The elevated locations of the Great Wall and its towers enabled distant observation for invaders to provide the earliest possible warning.

• To provide a communication and early warning system

Relaying from one watchtower to another using fire signals at night and smoke signals during the day, messages could be sent over long distances in a short time.

• As an elevated roadway along the border

This enabled rapid deployment of personnel from one place to another.

Answer 4

The Geat Wall was built to keep out the fierce warlike Mongol people from the north, and prevent them from killing, hurting, and stealing from the Chinese people.