Ming dynasty fortifies the northern frontier
1373
Hongwu ordered the reconstruction and extension of border walls and garrison towns along the steppe frontier, resettling hundreds of thousands of soldiers as military farmers. The system of walled passes and beacon towers foreshadowed the great Ming renovation of the Long Wall that later dynasties would call the Great Wall of China.
In context
Also in 1373 (3 other events on record)
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.