Saturday, December 12, 2015

The Great Wall of China - Le

The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest structures ever built in history. The Great Wall of China was created by Qin Shi Huan the first emperor of China during the Ming Dynasty. When the Great Wall of China was built around 221 B.C it was mostly built by soldiers and convicts. It is said that about 400,000 people died during the construction of the Great Wall and many of the builders were buried in the wall itself. The Great Wall of China is built of stones, bricks, tamped earth, wood and more materials. The entire length of the Great Wall of China is 13,171 miles long. The Great Wall of China was built back then to protect the borders from attackers from spears and swords. The Great Wall of China was also for border control for the goods on the Silk Road. The Great Wall of China is a great creation in the world. The Great Wall of China is also the longest man made structure ever. It is also the largest man made structure to be ever built in terms of mass and surface area. It is so impressive to me that a wall could be that big and only be built with hands. We have so much more technology answer probably build something that massive like the Chinese did. After the death of Qin Shi Huan and the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Great Wall fell into disrepair. The Bei Qi kingdom repaired more than 900 miles of the Great Wall. The Sui Dynasty also repaired the Great Wall many times. Like a dragon the Great Wall of China goes through deserts, basins, plains, and mountains of North China. The Great Wall of China is a amazing structure that will hopefully live for a long time. 

3 comments:

  1. Great topic choice Sebastian! We've always talked about the Great Wall in school, but we've never gone in-depth about it. Your post definitely improved my knowledge about the topic.

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  2. This was a solid in depth summary of The Great Wall of China. You gave a good description of what the wall is and why it was made. Also, you wrote about the history of the wall very well. I learned a lot from your post!

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  3. This was a really well written paper on The Great Wall of China. I found it really interesting, as well as a bit morbid, how The Wall is filled with many of the bodies of the people who died while building it. Overall I learned a lot from this and it was very informative. Awesome job!

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