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Read the following passage given below and answer the questions the follow: The Great wall of China was built to link existing fortifications into a united defense system and better keep invading Mongol tribes out of china. It is the largest man-made monument ever to have been built and it is said that it is the only one visible from space. Many thousands of people must have given their lives to build this huge construction. The great wall of china is a series of towers made of stone, brick, earth, wood and other materials, generally built along an east-to- west line across the historical northern borders of china to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were being built as carly as the 7th century BCE, these later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively referred to as the Great wall Especially famous is the wall built (220-206 BCE) by Qin shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the great wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained and enhanced, the majority of the existing wall is from the ming dynasty (1368-1644) other purposes of the Great wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the silk road, regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watch towers, troop barracks, gharrison stations, signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire and the fact that the path of the Great wall also served as a transportation corridor. The Great wall stretches from Dandong in the cast to Lop Lake in the west, along an are that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. A comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has concluded that the Ming walls measure 8,850 km. This is made up of 6,259 km sections of actual wall, 359 km of trenches and 2,232 km of natural defensiove barriers such as hills and rivers. Another archaeological survey found that the entire wall with all of its branches measures out to be 21,196km. King Zheng of Qin conquered the last of his opponents and unified china as the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty Qin shi Huang in 221 BCE. Intending to impose centralized rule and prevent the resurgence of feudal lords, he ordered the destruction of some sections of the walls, however, he ordered building of new walls to connect the remaining fortifications along the empire's northern frontier. Transporting the large quantity of materials required for construction was difficult, so builders always tried to use local resources. Stones from the mountains were used over mountain ranges, while earth was used for construction in the plains. The Great wall concept was revived under the Ming dynasty in the 14th century, to gain a clear upper Hand over the Mongolian tribes. 1.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it, using headings and subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations (Wherever necessary, minimum four) and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it. 1.2 Write a summary of the passage in about 50 words.
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Devashree Pathak 1 day, 15 hours ago

He couldn't reconcile the fact that his grandmother was once young and pretty because she appeared to be very old and has lots of wrinkles in her face .
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Sanika Barasia 1 day, 22 hours ago

She was a selfish woman and recognised the narrator but still did not talk to her as she knew that the narrator was there to get her mother's possessions back and she had no intention of returning them.
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Sanika Barasia 1 day, 22 hours ago

He was an enormous man with a powerful head of black hair and the largest moustache in the San Joaquin valley. He was short tempered, irritable and really impatient and had the pet dialogue - "It is no harm; part no attention to it."
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Laxmi Kumari 4 days, 7 hours ago

Very nice chapter
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Lokesh Mudgal 6 days, 15 hours ago

Hello
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Student 11 6 days, 16 hours ago

Kushwant singh was an obedient child who would listen to his grandmother and love her a lot. He used to listen her prayers even though he did not want to because of his love for his grandmother.
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Compute the mass of 1 molecule and the molecular mass of C6H6
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Kashish Jaiswal 1 week, 1 day ago

The grand mother sing praters everyday because they have habit to pray
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Mohammed Javith 1 week, 3 days ago

In the story "The Address", when the narrator first visits Mrs. Dorling, she's met with a cold reception: No recognition: Mrs. Dorling stares at the narrator from behind the half-open door, showing no sign of recognition. Unwelcoming: Mrs. Dorling holds the door as if to prevent it from opening further, making it clear the narrator isn't welcome. Refusal: Mrs. Dorling claims she doesn't know the narrator, even after she introduces herself as Mrs. S's daughter. No hospitality: Mrs. Dorling doesn't offer the narrator tea. Sudden closure: Mrs. Dorling shuts the door on the narrator. The narrator feels hurt and considers Mrs. Dorling to be mean and uncultured. She recognizes her mother's green knitted cardigan in Mrs. Dorling's possession.

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