It served not only for protection from enemies.
an international team of scientists led by archaeologist Gideon Shelah-Levi from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem conducted a study and found that not all the Great wall of China was built with a defensive purpose.
within two years, using drones, satellite imagery and traditional archaeological tools, scientists studied 740-kilometer Northern section of the wall, passing mainly through Mongolia.
The northern segment of the Great Wall of China was built not to block invading armies but rather to monitor civilian movement. When researchers fully mapped the Great Wall’s 460-mile Northern Line for the first time, their findings ch… https://t.co/MtfbwamcL8
As it turned out, the wall in this area was too low for protection from enemies and also held in close proximity to the cattle trails.
Scientists have suggested that the wall in this place was most likely intended for the surveillance of the movement of the local population. Thus it was possible to count the number of shepherds in the pastures and their cattle, and then to charge them an additional tax, writes Science Alert.
Catherine Gura
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