The end of the Great Wall of China
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Here is the other side.
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There are hundreds of ends. It’s not a continuous wall but a series of walls all different sizes and types built over different periods wherever required.
I did this in Age of Empires II back in the day. Thought I was slick and could block off “my territory” using natural terrain and some stone. Apparently you have to extend the wall further into the water than I did to prevent flank attacks from enemy combatants. Wololo!
Honestly very confused by all the comments here that think this is useless because you could just go around it. I mean, sure, if you’re just 1 regular person you could easily swim around it (that is if it’s not manned).
But this wall was to stop invading armies, not to be border security.
First of all, the wall would be manned by defending archers. So try and go through the water under fire. And then when you get around it, there would just be some foot soldiers waiting for you at the beach.
Second of all, try and get an army of soldiers wearing full body armour and carrying supply trains around this. It’s not an easy task.
Thirdly, say you do get an army around this, well the defending army can easily knock them off as they do so. It’s similar to how the Spartans and Greek allies funnelled the Persians through the gates of Thermopylae.
The end? Or the beginning?
Karl Pilkington showed us the way
So like, you could just swim around it?
I didn’t see where it started, but I saw where it ended
-Pamela M. Beesly
>!Wayne Gretzky!<
So how did you get over the wall?
We swam around it.
Or the beginning
Every time I see the Great Wall I can’t help but hear a little voice in my head say “You damn mon-go-rians! You tear down my shitty wall”
The great wall is the friends we made along the way
Thought this was somewhere in Elden Ring at first glance
Finally something interesting!
Xinhaingdao – I lived there for a few years
No, it’s actually the start of the Great Wall of China.
How do you know it’s not the start of it?
I remember this map from Halo 2
Thats where it connects with the great wall of atlantis
When the tide goes out, we’re invading and you’ll be screwed…
why didnt the horde just go around? are they stupid?
But where does it begin?
So they just gave up then.
So either wait for low tide or invade with surfboards. /s
Great Wall meets Great Sea
You need to recite a spell then suddenly a bridge will come up from ocean floor to lead you to Atlantis…….
I always wondered about this picture……Can’t the Mongols just….go around?
“Well, I guess we’re fucked now”: The Mongol hordes, probably.
“Or, we could wait for the tide to go out……”: Some smartass at the back, probably.
The Great Pier of China?
The question remains, which dynasty will build a lighthouse?
Impressive to build a structure that lasts against the ocean waves for so many years
Makes me think of Snake Way in DBZ
So you can go around it…….eventually.
Wow I have never seen the END of it! How did they even build on the water tho?
This is the great Pier of China, the great wall is, ehh, further back.
One could say this is the start of the wall
I thought that was the beginning
*One
The beginning of the end
I think this is actually the beginning. Wrong ends, OP?