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There are many famous walls from our world history.

We are familiar with the Great Wall of China, built 770 to 476 BCE. It was a fortification built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and imperial China to protect themselves against various groups.

This past summer, I took students to Korea, and we saw some of the remaining gates of the Seoul City Wall that was built in 1396, during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). It was built like a fence to protect the people living within the wall.

We had a family trip to Quebec City this summer, and we visited the city’s wall, which is the third one since Quebec was founded. This fortification wall surrounds Old Quebec and is the only fortified city north of Mexico.

These walls around these cities were to protect from invasion and attacks.

There also are walls put up to create borders and keep people out.

The DMZ continues to divide North and South Korea. This border barrier separates families, neighbors and friends. People visit the DMZ and leave notes of freedom, love and unity along the border barrier. It is the imperialism of superpowers that have divided Korea and maintains its division. >>Read More