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- From: dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz)
- Subject: Re: Great Wall of China
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- References: <1992Nov19.022250.15553@news.columbia.edu> <1992Nov19.105457.14374@daimi.aau.dk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:27:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.105457.14374@daimi.aau.dk> leeman@daimi.aau.dk (Steen Lehmann) writes:
- >dan@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Daniel Zabetakis) writes:
- >
- >> How effective was the Great Wall of China? I don't know much about the
- >>history of the area, so I don't know how well it did what it was supposed,
- >>or even what it was supposed to do.
- >
- >I read someplace that its function was not so much to repel the attackers,
- >but to make sure they didn't get away with very much loot. I can't provide
- >the sources, I'm afraid, but I think it makes good sense.
- >
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- That information is in the instruction manual that comes with the
- computer game "Civilization." I can't speak for the accuracy of the
- manual, but it's a great game.
-
- Joe Dzikiewicz
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