France’s fiscal crisis in the late 1780s was as a result of
bad harvests, debt and deficit spending. The excesses of the royal family and
the resultant strain from servicing old debts ultimately caused conflict within
the monarchy and contributed to nationwide unrest which ended with the French
Revolution of 1789.
It took more than 1,000,000 men to build the Great Wall of China. They took several years. Around 2,000 years to be exact.
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