The historical process of the masonry city walls construction in China during 1st to 17th centuries AD.

ABSTRACT: Masonry city walls were common defense facilities in the cities of the Eurasian before the industrial revolution. However, they were not widespread in China until the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Limited in research methods, previous studies failed to make convincing arguments on this phenomenon. We collected, organized and analyzed relevant historical documents to reconstruct the spatio-temporal process of the construction of masonry walls from 1st to 17th century in China. We conducted a time series analysis primarily based on factors such as wars, garrisons, economy, and natural disasters. Analysis of the correlation among the construction of masonry walls and these factors provides insights into this process. From the 1st to 14th century, only 125 masonry city walls were built in China an

SUBMITTER: Xue Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6430406 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature