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The idea to build the Great Wall arose from an existing and separate walls built by various Chinese to defend China from against neighboring states and northern nomads. The built went over 2,500 years in the lates 1800s CE.
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The idea to built an security defensive system was the wall originated from smaller, individual walls constructed by various Chinese states to protect themselves. From the northern nomadic tribes. They started building the military defense 7th century.