What are facts about the Great Wall of China?

Answer 1

• The Great Wall of China was ordered to be built by an emperor!
• The Great Wall was used as a ''home'' for soldiers!
• It was the largest construction project in China.
• If you took all the bricks from the Ming portion it would circle the world at 5 ft high.
• Built in 5 B.C The great wall of China was an ancient gigantic defensive project. It is one of the largest construction projects ever completed.
• The Chinese call it the Wall of 10,000 li.
• Its size is better seen on a map or from an aerial photograph.
• You can see the Great Wall from Space.
• According to astronauts who looked back from the moon, of all projects built by man, the Great Wall of China is the most conspicuous seen in space.
• The wall is slowly deteriorating and decreasing in size due to tourists illegally taking pieces of the wall as "souvenirs".

Answer 2

Built in 5 B.C The great wall of China was an ancient gigantic defensive project. It is one of the largest construction projects ever completed. Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It winds its way westward over the vast territory of China from the bank of the Yalu River and ends at the foot of snow-covered Qilianshan and Tianshan mountains. It is seldom that we see such a gigantic project in China or elsewhere in the world. The Chinese call it the Wall of 10,000 li. Its size is better seen on a map or from an aerial photograph. According to astronauts who looked back from the moon, of all projects built by man, the Great Wall of China is the most conspicuous seen in space.