2006-10-04 03:41:57 · 7 answers · asked by Lorraine R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Thousands; some say it's the largest and longest gravesite because many men who died building it were built INTO the Great Wall.
The one you see today is not the Great Wall of the ancient world; it's a more renovated version.
2006-10-04 05:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The government ordered people to work on the wall, and workers were under perpetual danger of being attacked by brigands. The construction was supervised under the command of the Qin general Meng Tian. Construction of the wall involved the mobilization of vast amounts of labor, including forced conscription of criminals, prisoners of war, and political dissidents. Because many people died while building the wall, it has obtained the gruesome title, "longest cemetery on Earth" or "the long graveyard". Possibly as many as one million workers died building the wall, though the true numbers cannot be determined now. The people that died were not buried in the wall, since decomposing bodies would have weakened the structure.
2006-10-04 04:17:30 · answer #2 · answered by shellylori 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A couple million. Did you also know that The Great Wall of China is NOT visible from outer space? Alot of people believe it is seen. Actually the Pyramids is Egypt are visible, who would've thought.
2006-10-04 10:19:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 2 million. Looks like the "wikis" failed again.
2006-10-04 05:09:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
two families. 50000 people
2006-10-04 08:51:00 · answer #5 · answered by Vlad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about a million
2006-10-04 03:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by answer away 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
look it up on wikipedia.com
2006-10-04 03:44:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋