以色列新研究：中国长城并不全是用来防御外族的
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="segment">segment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Wall">Wall</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="block">block</span> <span word="invading">invading</span> <span word="armies">armies</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="monitor">monitor</span> <span word="civilian">civilian</span> <span word="movement">movement</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Israeli">Israeli</span> <span word="archaeologist">archaeologist</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>.</p><p>周二，一位以色列考古学家说，中国长城北段的建造并不是为了阻挡军队入侵，而是为了监视平民行动。</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="fully">fully</span> <span word="mapped">mapped</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Wall">Wall</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 740-<span word="kilometre">kilometre</span> (460-<span word="mile">mile</span>) <span word="Northern">Northern</span> <span word="Line">Line</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="challenged">challenged</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="assumptions">assumptions</span>.</p><p>研究人员首次绘制了长城北段总长740千米（460英里）的地图，他们的发现与之前的假设不符。</p><p>"<span word="Prior">Prior</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="research">research</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wall">wall</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="purpose">purpose</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="Genghis">Genghis</span> <span word="Khan">Khan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="army">army</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Gideon">Gideon</span> <span word="Shelach">Shelach</span>-<span word="Lavi">Lavi</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Hebrew">Hebrew</span> <span word="University">University</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="study">study</span>.</p><p>耶路撒冷希伯来大学的<span word="Gideon">Gideon</span> <span word="Shelach">Shelach</span>-<span word="Lavi">Lavi</span>领导进行了这项持续两年的研究，他说：“在我们的研究之前，大多数人以为建造城墙的目的是要阻挡成吉思汗的军队。”</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Northern">Northern</span> <span word="Line">Line</span>, <span word="lying">lying</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mongolia">Mongolia</span>, <span word="winds">winds</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="valleys">valleys</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="height">height</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="paths">paths</span>, <span word="pointing">pointing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="military">military</span> <span word="functions">functions</span>.</p><p>但北段主要位于蒙古，穿越山谷，高度相对较低，靠近小路，这一切都指向非军事功能。</p><p>"<span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="blocking">blocking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="movement">movement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="livestock">livestock</span>, <span word="maybe">maybe</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="them">them</span>," <span word="Shelach">Shelach</span>-<span word="Lavi">Lavi</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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