Modern Chinese and international research using new methods like drones systematically studies the Great wall of China. Its visibility from space is a legend, but its size actually ranks as world's largest monument. It never was a single wall, but a system of several segments, repeatedly altered over time, in successive attempts to prevent invasions from raider tribes, like the Xiongnu, adapted to the terrain, with an elaborate system of garrison towers, advanced tower posts and communication system. Building and manning it proved extremely costly. It failed to prevent the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan annexing China, his great successor Kublai Khan built a wall system to fit his larger empire. After the Ming dynasty finally expelled the Mongols, the 'primitive' walls were replaced by the final stone version, using a brick type solidified with rice starch. While the unprecedented mobilization of means for construction and garrisons crippled the treasury, it proved useless against the ...
故事發(fā)生1968年的南非，格殘酷的族隔離制讓在那里活著的兩五百萬黑面臨著悲的命運。了維護種的權(quán)利，部分黑人奮起反抗但等待著們的結(jié)局是驅(qū)逐出就是被關(guān)在羅賓島獄之中。姆斯（約夫·費因 Joseph Fiennes 飾）就出生在女虔樣劣的局勢中，幸運是，他是位不折不的白人。小大人們向詹姆斯輸著“黑低人一等的荒謬概，成年之，已然完被洗腦的姆斯成為羅賓島監(jiān)的一名看，而他所管的囚犯是南非的主斗士曼拉（丹尼·海斯伯 Dennis Haysbert 飾）。隨暴山時間推移，對人們越來了解的詹斯開始對己的所作為產(chǎn)生了疑——難白人就真可以這樣所當然的禁和侮辱己的同胞？?豆?
