The Great Wall of China (Traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; Simplified Chinese: 万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng; literally "The long wall of 10,000 Li (里)¹") is a Chinese fortification built from the 5th century BC until the beginning of the 17th century, in order to protect the various dynasties from raids by Hunnic, Mongol, Turkic, and other nomadic tribes coming from areas in modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria. Several walls, also 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 of China was originally a project of the Qin dynasty designed to keep out the nomadic Xiongnu invaders from the north. Some of the wall was built during the Qin, but most of it that we see today was constructed during the Ming dynasty.
The Great Wall is the world's largest man-made structure, stretching over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between "China proper" and Manchuria (Northeast China), to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [1]. Along most of its arc, it roughly delineates the border between North China and Inner Mongolia.
2006-12-21 12:39:59
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answered by WelshKiwi 3
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Emperor Chin the first Emperor who united China from warring fractions to a unified country. built the wall to protect China from the mongrels.
2006-12-22 06:57:36
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answered by Marvin R 7
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e book a flight to Bejing. e book a inn. as quickly as there - there are fifty million excursions and journeys you're able to do - no would desire to organize in improve! in basic terms do study till now getting there. Oh, and attempt to income a minimum of the basics of their language so it shows which you have some appreciate for them and are not in basic terms yet another annoying american vacationer. you will nevertheless discover that maximum touristy places communicate English regardless of the indisputable fact that. in basic terms rural China does not. Its no longer in basic terms like the flicks.
2016-12-15 05:52:10
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answered by ? 4
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The link below are stats on the people and the emperor who started the wall
2006-12-21 12:43:33
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answered by Jack C 3
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see what you do is.....research it and find the answer because i pay just enough attention in school to get an A. i dont really like history but apparently it was some dude that wanted protection probably an emporer.
2006-12-21 12:38:44
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answered by Andrea G 2
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the first true leader of china. that would have been ithank in the 6th century or before
2006-12-21 12:39:50
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answered by the painter 1
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I think it was Lee.... or maybe Kim
2006-12-23 10:01:42
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answered by Anonymous
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