00:00If you ever thought your job was bad, just remember, at least you weren't a worker on the Great Wall of China.
00:08It's 220 BC. China is torn apart. Seven kingdoms fighting, burning, falling, until one man rises above them all.
00:17Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a united China. He wants to rule forever, but he fears what's outside the empire even more.
00:25Nomads, raiders, chaos from the north. So he makes a decision. Build a wall, not a border, a monster, to keep the world out.
00:36So he rounds up his enemies and turns them into workers.
00:43Millions of workers are sent. Farmers, prisoners, scholars, anyone who dared speak.
00:48They lay bricks under the burning sun, frozen winds, starvation. Tens of thousands lost.
00:55Some are buried inside the wall, but the wall grows, and so does the empire.
01:00Dynasty after dynasty rebuilds it, expands it, until it stretches over 21,000 kilometers.
01:07This is just one story out of a thousand, waiting in the shadows of history.
01:11Follow Vault of Centuries for more untold mysteries, forgotten empires, and hidden truths.
