The Great Wall of China
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Wall of China
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The Great Wall of China. 4,000 miles long . You can see it from space. The wall itself is actually in sections and was built by few different dynasties. Around 800 BC the Wall building began by the Zhou Dynasty. A little rustic looking basically mounded up dirt made up the wall. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China
4,000 miles long
You can see it from space
The wall itself is actually in sections and was built by few different dynasties
Around 800 BC the Wall building began by the Zhou Dynasty.A little rustic looking basically mounded up dirt made up the wall.
The Warring period 475-221 BCAt this time the Dynasties were fighting for Power and the wall continued to be built.
Qin Dynasty 221-206 BC
Han Dynasty 206 BC 220 AD
Sung Dynasty 960-1271
More Modern not as rustic as past dynastiesMing Dynasty 1368-1644The wall the exist today was built mainly by the Ming Dynasty
The Great Wall
Genghis KhanMongol Empire Biggest land empire in the history of the world
Genghis Khan Started the EmpireSome say the wall was built to try to keep the Mongols out of China
Kublai Khan grandson to GenghisKublai was more tolerant than most of the other Mongol Emperors
The wall was built for defense purposes butThe wall had gaps and armies could easily walk around the wall
The Wall is so long there was not enough men to man this great wonderArmies could throw up a ladder or scale the wall to get over it and there could be no one there to stop them.
The Great Wall Of ChinaIs a Massive creation that took over 2,000 years to build What we prominently see of the wall was built by the Ming Empire The wall was built by the dynasties to discourage them from attacking each other.It is One of the new seven wonders of the world.
