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Great Wall of China
A fortress 1500 miles long throughout northern China built between 2000 and 3000 B.C. which now serves as a tourist attraction
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I'm pretty sure it was the Huns because whenever they ran out of food, they invaded china
Did the women or men build the great wall of china?
Men built it. It would have been confusing for women to build the great wall as construction took place outside the kitchen. The women pitched in by making sandwiches and serving beer.
Can dogs walk on the Great Wall of China?
Yes.
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What is the date of the 2012 chicago marathon?
October 10, 2010. That's according to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon office as of this morning, 28 August 2009. The 2011 date is also on Columbus Day weekend, October 9, 2011.
Are the North china plain and the great china plain the same thing?
The North China Plain is also known as the Great Plain of China. Great China Plain is not a name that is commonly associated with the place.
Whose idea was it to build the great wall china?
The idea to build the Great Wall of China belonged to Emperor Qin Shihuang. The wall was built by ordinary people who lived in China at that time.
What type of material was used to build the Great Wall?
The Great Wall of China was built with a variety of materials. In the eastern section of China, it was made out of lime, bricks, blocks of rocks and stones. The western sections of the Great Wall did not employ such durable materials, but rather used mud, straw, grass and pounded earth in wooden frames. This section was built earlier than the brick section. It also depended on which section of the Wall was being built at any given time. For example, while building over the mountain ranges, stones from the mountain were used. While building over the plains, earth was pounded into solid blocks. In the deserts, sanded reeds and juniper tamarisks were used. Tens of thousands of soldiers, peasant workers and even criminals were employed in the process, and thousands of them died, their bodies were also crammed into the wall and built over. Therefore, it could be said that the Wall is also made out of human bones.
What are the disadvantages of the Great Wall of China?
The dangers of building the Great Wall of China were that the workers died of starvation and attacks from wild animals. Other dangers were that the Mongols would do random attacks and rocks would fall on the workers. Some workers may have died of exhaustion. Another danger was that they would get fatal diseases.
Is the great wall of China a human or physical site?
it is a physical site and it is said to be over 3000 miles long
Eastern edge of Great wall was Pyongyang in North Korea in ancient, but Dandong is edge now
Is the Great Wall of China the largest man made structure?
The Great Wall of China actually consists of many small parts, for a total of about 5,500 miles. but it is considered the largest man made object/thing from the ancient world.
I suppose you could ask if that still applies to the modern world.
For example, consider the 46,876 miles of interstate highways in a web across the United States, not counting connecting to Canada, Mexico, and even smaller roads and highways.
If you looked at the global web of copper and fiber phone and network cables, including transatlantic cables, it would be pretty extraordinary.
What modern structures serve as the same purpose as watch towers along the great wall of china?
The watchtowers were built along the Great Wall. The total number of towers was about 25,000 and the distance between each tower differed.
Some of them were very close to each other at a distance of about 3 miles, while some of them were far away from each other at a distance of several miles.
Watchtower Functions - Signal Alarm (communication), Storage (food and weapons), and Living Quarters (for the soldiers)
Many modern structures serve the same purpose today
Was the Great Wall of China built or found?
im sure the great wall was built in Beijing, the capital of China.
The length of the Great Wall of China, built during varying periods of China's history, totalled over 6400 km (4000 miles), and the Chinese name means "the long wall of 10,000 li" (with 1 li = .3 mile or .5 km).
The constructed height varied from 5 to 8 meters (16 to 26 feet), depending on terrain and other factors.
The thickness varies from 4.6 to 9.1 m (15 to 30 ft) at the base and 2.7 to 3.7 m (9 to 12 ft) at the top.
Why was China unsuccessful with blocking out invaders with the great wall of China?
Because the people from Mongolia went around the bridge because it was not long enough.
Who ordered The Great Wall of China and why?
Qin Shi Huang the first emperor of china was the first ruler to order the construction of the great wall of china. He did this to display power and to protect his empire from invaders from the northeast.
What is the biggest befit of The Great Wall of China?
the great wall of china is one of man made wonders in the world. i think it's main stregth is it's basement, because in the slopes of himalaya's there is a suspection of the heavy earth quake we havw ever seen
How successful was the great wall keeping out invaders?
The Great Wall of China was meant to keep out dangerous people, such as, bandits, nomads, etc. The wall was ordered to be created by farmers. Qin (Chin) ordered them to create it. It was long and covered half of Europe. Slaves/farmers who died while creating it were barried in the Great Wall.
