Wall of Zhao State

The greater part of the Great Wall of China was built during the Ming Dynasty (1368 CE-1644 CE) while the initial pieces were put in place during the Spring and AutumnPeriod (770BCE-476BCE) of the Zhou Dynasty.

Location
The present day city of Handan of Hebei province was the established capital of the Zhao. On its west was the Wei State, the Qi state on its east apart by the Qinghe river while on its north was the Yan state separated by the Yi'shui river and the Yellow River and Zhanghe River on the south. It also fringed along the minority nationalities of Hun, Linhu and Loufan on the northwest region.

It was the frequent skirmishes between the minority troopers and the Zhao state that bothered both King Zhaoyong and Emperor Zhao Wulin. So in the year 366B.C Wulin marched his army to the state of Zhongshan and defeated them and soon after pushed his enemies the Loufan and Hulin farther north.

Walls of Zhao State

Northern Wall
To prevent further attacks from the north, the Zhao state consolidated its position by building in the north the Wall of Zhao State in 300B.C . Starting from the northeast to present Wei County of Habei Province the Wall of Zhao State ran west and crossed through the north of Shanxi, turning off to the northwest and entering Inner Mongolia, went along the Yinshan Mountains and plummeted west along the southern foot till present Langshan County of Inner Mongolia. King Zhao Wuling built the wall in 300BC to prevent attacks from the Hu people. He was a wise king who was farsighted. He welcomed the cultural onslaught of the Hu people while prevented any territorial attack. The covers a length of 650km and part of it were the foundation of Wall built by Qin Shihuang.

Southern Wall
To avoid the frequent scuffles with the Wei State, Zhao built another wall in the south. Since the fights embarked on the banks of River Zhangshui, Zhao extended the north bank of the river and constructed it into a Wall. The whole wall was about 200 kilometers (124 miles) long.

Zhao constructed another Wall of Zhao State, which commenced from south to present Daixian County of Shanxi, went along southwest to Shanxi, went along the north feet of Hengshan and Luya Mountains till finally joining the first branch of the Yellow River.