The Great War of China, like Rammas Echor probs, had a certain symbolic value more than a physically defensive one. It said 'oh ye Wild Men, why bother trying to fight us when we are capable of building so amazing a structure'. Definitely a bit of power projection going on in such constructions.
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As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering.
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