Did the invading hordes really stay out of China?
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Although a useful deterrent against raids,
at several points throughout its history the Great Wall failed to stop enemies, including in 1644 when the Manchu Qing marched through the gates of Shanhai Pass and replaced the most ardent of the wall-building dynasties, the Ming, as rulers of China.
The Berlin wall didn't stop people as much as the militarized border did. What happened to the Berlin Wall today? I was there when it was coming down and have several pieces of it.
Are you Trumpteers suggesting that a wall between Mexico and the U.S. is going to slow down illegals into this country? Highly doubtful.
Sure the Vatican but if the Country of Italy was not 97% Catholic and instead hostile to the Vatican, do you really believe Vatican City would still exist?
http://www.businessinsider.com/bord...story-teaches-us-that-walls-dont-work-2017-10
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-Large-scale walls certainly act as monumental markers, highlighting on the landscape where cultures have clashed. But our work and that of colleagues around the globe suggests ? despite what politicians might have us believe ? that walls are no deterrent.
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-There are no simple answers. But if American taxpayers are going to pay for the approximately US$25 billion wall ? and with the current prototypes going up, it appears that money will indeed be spent ? it's perhaps worth a more considered discussion.
Will a wall check movement in North America? Or will it simply create a temporary illusion of deterrence, while destroying both historic sites and the lives of people living in the present?