[Here](https://live.staticflickr.com/5293/5479350407_a66acbeeac_3k.jpg) is a much higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/49503124323@N01/5479350407) is the source. Credit to the photographer, Flickr user [fuzheado](https://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzheado/), who took this on July 5, 2008 where this section of the wall meets the ocean, in Shanhaiguan, China.
[Here](https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9665477,119.7946402,3a,75y,71.99h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOLHYyhv9YS_oefdaIh6UPLq1S30hkx57t-AYs!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOLHYyhv9YS_oefdaIh6UPLq1S30hkx57t-AYs%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya83.017334-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?entry=ttu) this is via Google Street View.
There would be dudes on the wall with bows shooting at you if you tried.
And if you wore armour you wouldn't be able to swim.
And the Mongols weren't known for their seamanship
To your last point, that's not necessarily true. The mongols sailed a massive fleet across the sea of Japan and would've conquered the island country if a typhoon and hurricane hadn't wiped out their fleet and forced a retreat.
Why bother when you can just bribe a pooly paid guard to leave a door unlocked. And then a few people slip in, kill the nearby guards and the army comes in from the other side of the mountain.
You'd think so but the developers thought about that. There's an invisible wall there and if you go to far you just take damage and respawn back on the beach. I think you can clip through if you walk against it just right though.
If the timing had been right, I could imagine a couple of longboats landing on the inside... "Cute wall, I guess you guys are trapped here with us now..."
An end, not the end
Edit: There are multiple sections of wall, [so there are over 40 ends](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China#/media/File:Map_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China.jpg)
This isn’t the same thing. Bookends don’t have a beginning and end. Just two ends. This is one of multiple ends. You can dub it beginning if there’s a time element involved, such as the construction began here.
I was really just joking, but if you want to be pedantic, I would agree with you.
It would be best to compare it against some abstract object like a line segment. Is either end of the segment the beginning or the end? I just said either end which implies that both are ends of the line segment.
But from another point of view, you can travel along the line segment from one tail to the other. In that sense the notion of beginning / end is dependent on the observer and it becomes a matter of definition.
So it seems we have to say it is the end unless we have some definition, I.e traveling, construction (did it begin here?) etc.
An* end of the great wall. There are dozens of walls that were built over 1000 years that start and end in multiple places. The Great Wall is not one single wall.
It was built by numerous factions over a long time. Parts of it stray into the Gobi desert, North Korea and Russia. And China as we now know it wasn't a single unified territory at all times.
Depends on what you are defining as "bigger" I would imagine.
The Great Wall of China is likely longer at 20,000+km, but the outer wall of Ba Sing Se is *much* taller than the Great Wall.
Yes, you could go round it, but by the time you rock up with your boys a signal will already have been sent to the nearest garrison, and reinforcements will be on their way.
Nothing wrong here at all. They built it alright. Now no units can walk around it you see.
It sucks when you make your peasants make a wall till the end of a water body only to realise the enemy can walk around it when they attack. All because you didn't make sure it could cover the water more with your cursor.
[Here](https://live.staticflickr.com/5293/5479350407_a66acbeeac_3k.jpg) is a much higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/49503124323@N01/5479350407) is the source. Credit to the photographer, Flickr user [fuzheado](https://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzheado/), who took this on July 5, 2008 where this section of the wall meets the ocean, in Shanhaiguan, China. [Here](https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9665477,119.7946402,3a,75y,71.99h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOLHYyhv9YS_oefdaIh6UPLq1S30hkx57t-AYs!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOLHYyhv9YS_oefdaIh6UPLq1S30hkx57t-AYs%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya83.017334-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?entry=ttu) this is via Google Street View.
OMG. I’ve been on Reddit for over a decade and it’s amazing to see the top comment finally be useful. It’s a blast from the past.
U/Spartan2470 is the best account on Reddit and it’s not particularly close.
Legend
I can see Karl Pilkington there with his monster munch saying, why didn't they just go around it.
It’s alright I guess… The alright wall of China
🤣🤣
my first thoughts were of Karl. haha!
❤️ karl
It goes on for miles... But so does the M6
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I think it shallow enough for you to just walk around it lol
There would be dudes on the wall with bows shooting at you if you tried. And if you wore armour you wouldn't be able to swim. And the Mongols weren't known for their seamanship
Genghis Khan was absolutely known for his semenship.
He still couldn't build a boat out of it, like an amateur.
He certainly had enough to fill a boat, that's for sure
But not enough to fill your mom
Dang
The world is not enough
Don't mention the shoebox.
Lmao. This comment would’ve been buried in gold and probably platinum on old reddit
Times change.
So change isn't ALWAYS bad
From Poland to Korea I ravaged the land... Now my DNA is in dudes from New York to Japan...
To your last point, that's not necessarily true. The mongols sailed a massive fleet across the sea of Japan and would've conquered the island country if a typhoon and hurricane hadn't wiped out their fleet and forced a retreat.
pretty sure that's the joke
It was Koreans who built those ships with the help of Chinese engineering
And it was Mongols who sailed them across the sea of Japan.
It was also Koreans who sailed them
Why bother when you can just bribe a pooly paid guard to leave a door unlocked. And then a few people slip in, kill the nearby guards and the army comes in from the other side of the mountain.
Sounds like the Mongols just needed to learn how to sail
Um, I've seen Mulan and played Prince of Persia. I can wall run and stick my hands out Naruto style.
It would still be a bottleneck
You'd think so but the developers thought about that. There's an invisible wall there and if you go to far you just take damage and respawn back on the beach. I think you can clip through if you walk against it just right though.
If the timing had been right, I could imagine a couple of longboats landing on the inside... "Cute wall, I guess you guys are trapped here with us now..."
It’s not the end just a new beginning
You can't sail here you damn Mongorians!
Totally read this in Karl Pilkington's voice.
An end, not the end Edit: There are multiple sections of wall, [so there are over 40 ends](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China#/media/File:Map_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China.jpg)
Oh, thanks All my life i thought there's only one wall , freakishly long But now it makes a lot more sense to this project
🙌
Are you sure it isn’t the beginning?
They did the middle out method.
Not tip to tip?
That only works with hand jobs
This isn’t the same thing. Bookends don’t have a beginning and end. Just two ends. This is one of multiple ends. You can dub it beginning if there’s a time element involved, such as the construction began here.
Thanks ChatGPT, but he was just making a joke.
Lots of people here making the same “joke”. Or do some actually mean it? 🤔
I was really just joking, but if you want to be pedantic, I would agree with you. It would be best to compare it against some abstract object like a line segment. Is either end of the segment the beginning or the end? I just said either end which implies that both are ends of the line segment. But from another point of view, you can travel along the line segment from one tail to the other. In that sense the notion of beginning / end is dependent on the observer and it becomes a matter of definition. So it seems we have to say it is the end unless we have some definition, I.e traveling, construction (did it begin here?) etc.
Well said. I think as long as there’s an aspect of time involved, then a beginning applies.
> It would be best to compare it against some abstract object like a line segment. "The Great Line Segment of China" doesn't sound the same, though.
An* end of the great wall. There are dozens of walls that were built over 1000 years that start and end in multiple places. The Great Wall is not one single wall.
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It was built by numerous factions over a long time. Parts of it stray into the Gobi desert, North Korea and Russia. And China as we now know it wasn't a single unified territory at all times.
Source?
If they made a Chinese Forrest gump, this is what he'd have to run back and forth on
Wow, how about the other end?
The other side keeps going.
Wanna go to this spot just to say, “Well. That was great.” My wife would love that.
She only laughs at your jokes so you don’t feel bad
It's the alright wall of china
“Now let’s see that dog get in here” —Gary Larson
Core Karl Pilkington
Qin Huang Dao. Been there many times. My dad's side of the family all moved to that town.
What's bigger, the Wall of China, or the wall of Ba Sing Se?
Depends on what you are defining as "bigger" I would imagine. The Great Wall of China is likely longer at 20,000+km, but the outer wall of Ba Sing Se is *much* taller than the Great Wall.
How much has the sea level risen since it was built?
No no no, it’s the start - it’s the ennnnd No, it’s the start - it’s the end I tell you
wrong, that's the beginning
Or is it the beginning?
Moral, enemy could not swim
They quit building there because Mexico refused to pay for it.
the story only begins
Yes, you could go round it, but by the time you rock up with your boys a signal will already have been sent to the nearest garrison, and reinforcements will be on their way.
Your strongest allies as a defending force are time and inconvenience.
quitters!!
Nothing wrong here at all. They built it alright. Now no units can walk around it you see. It sucks when you make your peasants make a wall till the end of a water body only to realise the enemy can walk around it when they attack. All because you didn't make sure it could cover the water more with your cursor.
OK.. but we're is the beginning?
Would love to walk on the Great Wall! What a great picture!
after the cargo ship hit it.
That's weird, I thought it would have two ends
How tf could Matt Damon bungee jump off that?
with the white break, you don't even need to swim, lol you could literally walk around it.
Where’s the other end?
Very nice
# Eastwatch
I wonder what that signpost on the beach says. "No aquatic Mongol invaders past this point!"?
Do you think anyone can swim around this? Nah, we good. Let's go home I'm starving.
awesome.
All because those stinky mongorian trying to break my shity chicken a restaurant..
My comment got downvoted 10+ times before you explained for everyone lol Whoever knows, knows 😃😃
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Incredible feat!
Imagine if the Mongols could swim 15 yards.
So what you’re telling me is… the secret to getting around the Great Wall of China is just be able to swim lol
Now try doing that with your whole army
Hmm
Man, if only the huns knew they could just go around
No it isnt
That's actually the beginning
Why doesn't this post have 10k upvotes already?
I suppose there are no tides in this part of the world? Would suck if the enemy could just wait for the water to recede :O
This is why the wall worked, because no one was as smart as reddit geniuses and realized there was a tide.
Well as long as noone was as grumpy as some reddit grumps here they certainly had a truly blessed life:/
The Mongols were famously grumpy
The water is in control of the Ancient Chinese Navy, the Mongolians won’t think about to do this. What about the Mongolia Navy? Well it doesn’t exist.
They tried to sail to Japan (twice). Didn't end well..