Great Wall of China

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Great Wall of China

• By Declan McCarthy and Max Stemplewicz

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Introduction

• The Great Wall of China was one of the 7 wonders
  of the medieval world. The Great Wall of China
  was (and still is today) the longest man-made
  structure on earth. It was built during the Ming,
  Jin, and Qin dynasties. Those dynasties built the
  Wall bit by bit which formed the Great Wall of
  China. Today only 1/3 of the wall is left
  standing.

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A Seventh Wonder of the Ancient World

• The great Wall of China was built to keep out
  barbarian nomads or other invaders.

• The Great Wall of China today is known as one of
  the greatest structures built ever. The soldiers
  saw fires and heard gunshots. If a soldier saw 1
  fire and heard 1 gunshot, it meant an army of 100
  or more soldiers were attacking. The Ming Wall
  alone, was 4,200 miles long! That could make it
  from Denver, Colorado to Washington D.C.
  Maryland. The Great Wall of China got the
  nickname longest cemetery on earth because so
  many people died working on it. Recently it is
  said that 400,000 to 1,000,000 died working on
  it. The emperor at the time was Qin Shi Huang.

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What It Took To Build Great Wall

• The Great Wall of China has been here for
  thousands of years. Today only 1/3 of the wall
  stands today because of floods and collapses.
  Efforts today are trying to save the wall. The
  Great Wall of China used millions of bricks. It
  is said that if you take the bricks from the
  Great Wall of China you could build a 5 foot Wall
  and it would circle the world. The workers had to
  make bricks out of whatever they could find. If
  you add up todays money for building the Wall it
  would total some 6.3 billion dollars.

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The Longest Cemetery on Earth

• The Great Wall of Chinas highest point is 3,280
  feet high. The walkways alone are 25 feet high
  while the the towers-there 35 feet taller. Over 2
  million people worked on the Great Wall, over
  half of them died. The great wall had 7,062
  lookout towers.

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Questions and Answers for the Great Wall

• Who was the emperor of China at the time the
  Great Wall of China was built?
• Answer- emperor Qin Shi Huang. He was also the
  first emperor.
• What is the Great Wall of China made of?
• Answer-The Great Wall of China is made from
  stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other
  materials.
• What is the Great Wall of China for?
• Answer-The Great Wall of China was built to
  protect China from the entrance of barbarian
  nomads.
• Why is the Great Wall of China shaped like a
  dragon?
• Answer-The Great Wall of China is called a dragon
  because it looks like a soaring dragon but it
  isnt actually shaped like a dragon it also is
  called the Qin Dynasty wall.
• How long is the Great Wall of China?
• Answer-The Great Wall of China is 8,851.8
  kilometers (5,500 miles) long.

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Questions and answers for the Great Wall

• When was the Great Wall of China built?
• Answer-It was built between 220-206 BC.
• Is the Great Wall of China visible from space?
• No. Many people think that the Great Wall of
  China is visible from space, but NASA declares
  that rumor to be false.
• Who built the Great Wall of China?
• Answer-The Great Wall of China was built by
  groups of people. They were soldiers, common
  people and criminals.
• How many people died working on the Great Wall of
  China?
• Answer- it is said that around 400,000 to 1
  million people died on the Great Wall of China
  and your body was most likely then a part of it,
  buried there.
• How long is the Great Wall of China in cms,
  kms, inches, and miles?
• Answer-5,500 m, 8,851.8 km,646 million cm, and
  348 million inches.
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