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bbc4 1 00:00:04,380 -- 00:00:08,000 The Great Wall of China was built by the Han Chinese 2 00:00:08,490 -- 00:00:12,500 to keep out the nomadic tribes from the north 3 00:00:14,700 -- 00:00:17,300 They called these people barbarians 4 00:00:17,499 -- 00:00:19,600 and their lands were considered barren 5 00:00:19,800 -- 00:00:21,500 and uninhabitable 6 00:00:23,900 -- 00:00:26,600 Northern China is indeed a harsh place 7 00:00:26,800 -- 00:00:28,500 of terrible winters 8 00:00:29,500 -- 00:00:31,100 ferocious summers 9 00:00:32,380 -- 00:00:33,500 harsh deserts 10 00:00:37,000 -- 00:00:39,000 But it is far from lifeless 11 00:00:43,500 -- 00:00:44,900 With colorful places 12 00:00:46,500 -- 00:00:48,100 surprising creatures 13 00:00:55,500 -- 00:00:56,700 amazing people 14 00:01:01,000 -- 00:01:03,000 and strange landscapes 15 00:01:10,100 -- 00:01:14,100 The further we travel, the more extreme it becomes 16 00:01:18,900 -- 00:01:21,600 So how do people and wildlife cope 17 00:01:22,300 -- 00:01:26,500 with hardships and challenges of life beyond the Wall 18 00:01:27,100 -- 00:01:36,101 For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland 19 00:01:55,400 -- 00:01:57,200 The northern limits of ancient China 20 00:01:57,260 -- 00:01:59,000 were defined by the Great Wall 21 00:01:59,500 -- 00:02:03,800 which meanders for nearly 5000km from east to west 22 00:02:09,200 -- 00:02:11,500 The settled Han people of the Chinese heartland 23 00:02:11,600 -- 00:02:14,400 were invaded many times by warlike tribes 24 00:02:14,500 -- 00:02:15,500 from the north 25 00:02:17,900 -- 00:02:20,500 The Great Wall was built to protect the Han Chinese 26 00:02:20,860 -- 00:02:23,700 from invasion 27 00:02:26,500 -- 00:02:28,500 To meet those fearsome northerners 28 00:02:28,600 -- 00:02:31,200 and the wild creatures who share their world 29 00:02:31,800 -- 00:02:34,000 we must leave the shelter of the Wall 30 00:02:34,500 -- 00:02:39,000 and travel into the unknown 31 00:02:40,500 -- 00:02