Culture

     In the Han Dynasty culture was very important. There were many architectural feats and art advances.  The most important part of Han culture was architecture: huge palatial complexes, towering gateways, and city walls were built as symbols of power and pride as well as for defense. Architecture was important for many reasons, it could be used as defense like the Great Wall or used as a sign of power. There were watch towers, large walls, huge arches and much more. The Great Wall and other defense towers were very important to the Hans success. The Great Wall held off the Mongol invaders from the north for a long time. It is much harder to climb over a huge wall or walk all the way around it then to walk right threw with no wall. The Great Wall at least gave the Hans time to regroup and fight. The Great Wall was the start of a new era and gave way to many new architectural and defensive advances. Since its success many other empires started to build large walls around their large cities to protect them. Walls are still used today to protect cities from the sea or other outside forces.
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The Picture above shows the Great Wall of China as it spans over a massive range of mountains. The Great Wall was finished in 200 B.C. and was built on the upper portion of the Han empire border. It was used as a defensive wall against the Mongols cavalry men.
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This was one of China's many defense towers. These were used as high points to see invaders coming, they were also useful in defending a city because it had many floors and rooms causing invaders to get confused and lost. As this happened Chinese gaurds would easily navigate through the towers killing inva