what a wall!!!
By cudamani
@cudamani (996)
India
March 3, 2007 11:17am CST
I always imagined to be there at the great wall of china. I wonder what is its length. Do you know? It is a real marvel in this world. Why was this wall built? and who built it? Do you have the answers? If you have please let me know.
2 responses
@forestguide (11)
• Philippines
14 Mar 07
Great wall is an amazing human achievement no wonder.It was primarily built to ward off mongolian threat led by the dreaded Genghis Khan.It was built by chinese peasant day and night,sun and rain,blood and sweat!
@mvsrao (4365)
• India
3 Mar 07
pls see the information abt Great wall of
China on wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_wall_of_china
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The Great Wall of China is a series of
stone and earthen fortifications in China,
built between 5th century BC and the
17th century to protect the northern
borders of the Chinese Empire during
the rule of successive dynasties.
Several walls, referred to as the Great
Wall of China, were built since the 5th
century BC, the most famous being the
one built between 220 BC and 200 BC by
the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang;
this wall was located much further north
than the current wall built during the
Ming Dynasty, and little of it remains.
The Great Wall is one of the existing
megastructure and the world's longest
man-made structure, stretching over
6,352 km (3,948 miles) from Shanhai Pass
in the east to Lop Nur in the west,
along an arc that roughly delineates
the southern edge of Inner Mongolia.