Approximate date
Qin Shi Huang links older walls into one long barrier against the steppe nomads. Later dynasties rebuild it many times.
How it touches Islam Some ask if it is Dhul-Qarnayn's barrier against Yajuj and Majuj, but that was iron and copper between two mountains (18:94-97).
Qin Shi Huang
Source: History ·
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