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Two construction workers arrived at an opening in the Great Wall of China, but their excavator was too big to pass through. Rather than traveling further and going around, the pair ripped apart the global icon of pre-history, to make a shortcut! Having been conceived and founded by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, in the third century BC, The Great Wall of China was constructed for multifaceted reasons over several centuries. Not only did the wall serve as a symbol of imperial power and control, emphasizing the might of the ruling dynasties, but it also facilitated trade, aiding in the movement of goods along the Silk Road. The wall’s primary purpose, however, was to defend China’s northern borders from invasions by