The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty to start connecting the various walls into a greater whole. That happened around 221 to 206 BC and was done under the reign of Qin Shi Huang. Though the wall was later improved still by other dynasties, it was during the Qin dynasty that the Great Wall of China was first formed into a cohesive structure.
Tens of thousands of people were killed by Bashar al-Assad as they demonstrated for him to resign as president of their country. The protests that began calling for his resignation later sparked a civil war which has killed hundreds of thousands of people.
"That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
He was Adressi g Anwar Sadat
