The Great Wall of China ??

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The Great Wall of China??
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• Can you imagine carrying a heavy stone half the
  size of Shaq and the weight of 100 to 300
  pounds!?
• Well, the Great Wall is made out of millions of
  these stones and other types of materials.
• Each one of the stones have to be in an exact
  shape or the enemies can take control and break
  in.

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Construction

• The Great Wall is made mostly out of granite and
  bricks.
• Bricks were used most often because its light
  weight made the construction much quicker.
• In the Gobi Desert, the workers would create
  pounded earth to continue building the wall.
  However, these parts were destroyed much easier
  than other parts of the wall.

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Construction

• The Great Wall was constructed with natural
  materials such as stone and compacted soil.
• Before the use of bricks, workers would use
  stone, compacted soil, and rarely wood because it
  will catch on fire very easily.
• The Great Wall took up 3 million cubic meters of
  earth work.

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Beliefs of the Great Wall

• The belief of the Great Wall is that it is told
  that the Chinese made the Great Wall twist and
  turn not only to protect China but to make it
  represent the long back of the mighty dragon!
• By making the Great Wall like the dragons back,
  it would be a good omen and will lead the Chinese
  to victory!

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Purpose of the Great Wall

• The main reason why the Chinese built the Great
  Wall was to prevent troops from the north
  invading Chinese territory.
• Another great reason is to defend China from
  attacking Mongols.

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Purpose of the Great Wall

• An important purpose of the Great Wall was to
  house troops, because, if the Great Wall was
  under attack, soldiers could just come out and
  defend China.

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Parts of the Great Wall

• A part of the wall is the watch tower.
• Watch towers were at regular intervals of 180
  meters on the wall.
• Watch towers hold weapons, house troops, and can
  also create fire signals to warn China of an
  attack being held.
• Most signal towers were built on hilly areas for
  visibility.

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Parts of the Great Wall

• Beacon towers were spaced at intervals of 15 to
  30 miles along the wall.
• Beacon towers could send messages faster than
  horse riding.
• Signal towers contained approximately 3 people to
  create a fire.
• Some parts of the wall were connected and made
  tougher for further attacks.