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China

Published on Feb 10, 2017

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China

By: Ethan Zheng
Photo by betta design

Great Wall of China

  • Built over 2,000 years
  • Keep out invaders
  • Over 10,000 miles long
  • Over 700,000 people died building the great wall
  • Not keep out all invaders
Photo by Hanna Norlin

How large is the great wall

  • see it from space
  • circles all around northern border
  • 31 feet tall
  • Barracks every 21 feet
  • Towers every 32 feet
Photo by zsoolt

Why they built it

  • When the building the great wall, they get buried in them
  • Raiders raid Chinese villages before
  • Towers are full with soldiers

The first great emperor decided to build the great wall because before, raiders could just raid small villages taking whatever they had.

Photo by Bernd Thaller