Comparing The Great Wall Of China And The Panama Canal
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The Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal are two very different things. They may be extremely different but they also have some similarities. The Great Wall was constructed to protect the Chinese empire from barbarians and Mongols. While the Panama Canal was built to connect two oceans and to make a passage for ships wanting to cross these oceans. The Great Wall of China was first built in 200-2200 BC to defend against the Huns. Although the second great wall, the one we see today, was built around 1400 AD to defend from the Mongols and the Manchurians. This wall provides separation and protection. Million laborers were contracted to build the great wall and about 1 million of them died. Many of the workers who died are buried