The great wall of china

By brad Herskovits and hank zakarin

Introduction paragraph

The great wall was built to keep out intruders. I think that is smart. Emperor Qin ordered the construction of a wall to protect from Xiongu attacks. I wonder why he wanted a wall. Before weapons the great wall was very mighty. I think that is because there was not any defense before weapons.

Why the great wall was built

The Great wall is one of the

longest man made structures

in the world The Great Wall of China is one of the largest man made structures in the world. The height and width of the wall varies over its length. The Great Wall averages around 33 feet tall and 15 feet wide. The widest section of the Wall is around 30 feet and the highest section of the wall is around 49 feet. The Great Wall is 3915 miles in length! I think that the Great Wall of China was and still is amazing in it’s size.

It was very hard to build the great

wall