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[Buckler]

Hello everybody:

here is an interesting video, in which it is claimed that the so-called "Great Chinese Wall" was not built by the Chinese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CblJRMyYerA
The video is not in English, but the pictures speak for themselves

It is built in such a way that embrasures and crenels (the openings in the wall through which to shoot weapons), are facing SOUTH. The Chinese are rebuilding them to face to the NORTH to support their version of history,
(you can see it starting at 1min 40sec)

Some historians, who research the new chronology (Fomenko) claim that the construction started in the 17 century, which is much later, than what the Chinese claim

The authors of that video also claim that the Chinese and Korean governments have prohibited archeological research in certain areas, after many mummified remains of people who do not look like Chinese were found there.
Such discoveries can really change your view of history!
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[dnewhulk]

This is indeed an interesting video. This idea didn't spark any question since it has been a long standing fact that it is the chinese great wall. But yes, it may be right that Great Wall of China may not have been made by the chinese much like the stonehenge which believed to have been created by Alien Giants. Who knows.
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[Buckler]

I read that this wall was built by the Russian cossacks in 17th century as a demarkation line between the Russian settlements and China, but as the Chinese population was growing, Chinese were establishing settlements north of the wall; this was a source of ongoing conflicts. During negotiations sometimes in the 18th century, the Russian side has made a concession, agreeing to redraw the border all the way to the river Amur. According to some historians, it was a slip of the tongue, which the Chinese side had skillfully used to their advantage. And thus how those territories came under Chinese control.
(The word "Cossack" has no relevance to ethnicity, this community structure has evolved over the centuries as a survival strategy, wherever the European people were coming into contact with the tribal people. You can read more at http://www.tuneMind.net/ukr.htm
do a page search for COSSACK)
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