: In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang , the first emperor of a unified China, connected existing walls and expanded them to create a northern defense line against nomadic tribes like the Xiongnu.

The construction of the wall was not a single event but a continuous process that spanned from the to the 17th century AD .

: Historically, it delineated the edge of the Mongolian steppe and separated agricultural Chinese civilizations from nomadic cultures. The Wall and the Turkic Tribes

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: In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang , the first emperor of a unified China, connected existing walls and expanded them to create a northern defense line against nomadic tribes like the Xiongnu.

The construction of the wall was not a single event but a continuous process that spanned from the to the 17th century AD . Г‡in Seddi (The

: Historically, it delineated the edge of the Mongolian steppe and separated agricultural Chinese civilizations from nomadic cultures. The Wall and the Turkic Tribes : In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang ,