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Yet the finest examples of walled communities were China's walled cities, whose defensive architecture surpassed anything along the Great Wall. This book traces the evolution of the walled city from the 3,000 year old remains of the beaten earth walls of the Shang dynasty to the huge stone fortifications of the Ming dynasty.
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Walled-Cities-1644-Fortress/dp/1846033810
I don't quite understand "along the Great Wall" - it sounds to me to mean "nationwide" - that is, the phrase "whose defensive architecture surpassed anything along the Great Wall" actually means "whose defensive architecture surpassed anything nationwide." I am not sure.
What does the phrase mean?
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Walled-Cities-1644-Fortress/dp/1846033810
I don't quite understand "along the Great Wall" - it sounds to me to mean "nationwide" - that is, the phrase "whose defensive architecture surpassed anything along the Great Wall" actually means "whose defensive architecture surpassed anything nationwide." I am not sure.
What does the phrase mean?