How Did Emperor Shi Huangdi Build The Great Wall Of China

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Emperor Shi Huangdi of China and Emperor Hadrian of Rome are two leaders who successfully overcome challenges they face both inside and outside of the country, such as rebellions, invasions and attacks from nomadic groups, maintaing power and control etc. In this essay, we will be looking at how they cleverly used armies, tactics, walls, law and trade to maintain power and control of their empires.

One on hand, Emperor Hadrian saw that the soldiers were gambling and drinking, so he had to think of an idea to keep his soldiers busy while defending his empire’s boarders from invaders. He decided to build a wall in 122 A.D running from Wallsend in the east to Bowness on the Solway Firth. It was 15 feet tall and seventy-three miles long. This shows how powerful and rich the empire was. As new discoveries are made on the Hadrian’s Wall, more and more is revealed about the Roman empire. Hence, Hadrian's Wall shows people the ability of the Romans to protect their empire, as well as their engineering and buildings skills.

On the other hand, The Great Wall of China sure had an interesting history. It was not built all at once. In 7th-8th century BC, battles happened …show more content…
There were sea routes that covered the Mediterranean and Black Seas and numerous land routes using the roads built by the Romans. Trade and moving the Roman Army around were the two principle reasons for building roads. The most important port was Ostia as it was the nearest major port to Rome itself. Ostia was situated at the mouth of the River Tiber and was only 15 miles from Rome. Many ships travelled between Ostia and the major North African city of Carthage, a journey that took between three and five days. Ships also arrived from Spain and France at Ostia. All their goods could be quickly moved to Rome itself as they were taken in barges to the city up the River Tiber after slaves had transferred the products from the merchant ships to the
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