The Great Wall ( Chinese trade. 齊 長城 , ex. 齐 长城 , pinyin : Qí Chángchéng ) is a complex of defensive structures built at the base of the Shandong Peninsula in the 7th – 5th centuries. BC e. Due to the fact that this complex of structures is the oldest existing in China, it is figuratively called the “father of the Great Wall” (长城 之 父).
History
In the XI century BC e. on the Shandong Peninsula, the kingdom of Qi arose. In 685 BC e. on its southern borders began the construction of a chain of defensive structures connected by a wall. Construction continued until the era of the Battle of the kingdoms .
After the III century BC. e. the kingdom of Qin conquered all the other kingdoms of the Celestial Empire , the kingdom of Qi, left alone against it, surrendered without a fight and was annexed. The lands on which the Great Wall was built turned out to be internal territories and lost military significance, so the defenses were abandoned. However, the remains of the Tsiska Great Wall have survived to the present.
Geography
The Great Wall ran from the territory of the modern city of Jinan subprovinational significance to the modern city of Qingdao of subprovinational significance, through the territories of the modern urban districts of Tai'an , Zibo , Weifang , Linyi and Rizhao . Its total length reached 600 km.