The Great Wall of China

China

The Great Wall of China

History

It is 8,851.8 kilometers (5,500 miles includes mountains) from east to west of China.

It is one of the wonders of the world It was created in the Ming Dynasty Construction Period: About 2,000 years from

the Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC) to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

History

Most of the great wall that I saw was created during the Ming dynasty

The wall was created to protect them from intruders

It was not known as the great wall until the Qin dynasty

What was the purpose of the” Great Wall.”

The wall was built to protect the soldiers from their enemies. (Mongdians)

Every emperor spent money on the building of the wall

It was not created in one era and was worked on by many dynasties

Beacon tower was a part of the wall where they would send smoke signals and alert the soldiers that they were being attacked.

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The soliders lived in the wall with food, grain, and weapons

The actually wall is 3,900 miles 10,000 years ago China was not

unified In 221 BC Great emperor Terra Cotta

unified China Ming dynasty was app 400-600 years

ago at that time the modern section of the great wall had not been built

In what ways has the wall changed

The wall has been repaired over the years and will always need some type of work done from time to time

The reconstruction of the wall lasted for over 17,000 years

Over 2 million people have died in the reconstruction process for various reasons

If the boss felt as though the workers were not completing their job fast enough or not doing it correctly they would be killed.

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There is now a modern section of the wall

There is tobogan slide that can be taken from a certain section of the wall, and will take you back to the bottom of the wall

There are cable cars that have to be taken in order to get up to the wall and walk around

You can not gain access to the wall by walking from ground level.

Cable Car Entrace

Cable Cars

The Cable Car I rode up in

Map of The Great Wall with information

Details from Map

At the bottom of the picture on the right hand side is how part of the original wall looked before the reconstruction

The other pictures are of the original structures i.e. the watchtower, and bridges

Part of the wall and a watch tower

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Information regarding picture

This section of the wall was built under the supervision of General Xu Da of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty

Forts were built on 2 sides of the wall There were 3 watch towers built A tower called Zhengguan, which

could be rarely seen on the great wall

The Northwest part of the the wall was constructed on 1,000 mountain high ridge