Transcript The great wall of china

The Great Wall of China
• The great wall of
China is 50,000*
kilometers, or
approximately
31,070 miles.
*When including all the walls built in different dynasties all over china. The one often referred to
when talking about the great wall of china is only 6,000 kilometers long, or 3,728 miles long.
• The great wall of
China was mainly
built to keep out
the Huns.*
*The Huns were a group of nomadic (roaming), warlike people from the steppes (grasslands) of North Central Asia north of China.
• The great wall was
originally built in
the 7th century B.C.
when China was still
divided into small
states.*
China is split into 22 provinces, 5 autonomous** regions, 4 municipalities***, and 2 special autonomous
regions.
**Autonomous means an area that is independent and has its own control.
***A municipality is a city or town with its own local government.
• The great wall of
China is 25 ft. high.
• The great wall of
China is the longest
man-made structure
in the world.
• The great wall of
China in Chinese is
‘长城’.
• The great wall of
China was built by
Qin Shi Huang.
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• Before the use of
bricks, the Great
Wall was made of
earth or Taipa*,
however, bricks
were heavily used in
many areas of the
wall.
*Taipa is the technique used in the building of walls using mud, lime, and chalk.
• The present day
great wall is long
enough to circle the
earth on the
equator five times
before stopping.*
*It fits on the border of china because the wall is not straight at all, it is very zig-zagged and is also going up and down mountains a lot.
• Many Chinese bodies
are actually buried
within the wall.*
• Approximately
300,000 soldiers and
500,000
commoners**
worked on the
original great wall
in the Qin dynasty.
*Millions of people died during the building of the great wall of china.
**Which was about 70% of China’s population
• The great wall of China
was finished near the
end of the Ming
dynasty. (1368-1644)
• The Great wall of China
was not only built by
the Chinese. The
Manchus were a nomad
tribe that helped build
the great wall.
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