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The Great Wall originally existed as segments of walls between rival factions. When these were united around 221 BC (by emperor Qin Shi Huang), the wall was joined, lengthened, and fortified to keep out invaders from the north of China.

There are small forts at intervals that could be used for defensive forces, and ramparts and turrets from which weapons could be fired.

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