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" It sure is a great wall."
- US President Mr. Richard Nixon, visiting the Great Wall in 1972.
Beginning of the WallBeginning of the Wall• Constructed in the 7th century B.C.
• The Zhou Dynasty first constructed “Walls”
• Qin Dynasty: United China and improved the “Walls” –Came to be known as the “Great Wall”
The Great Wall Under the Qin
• Used for Defensive Purposes
• Not Effective: Too few soldiers, Wall Easily Breached
• After Qin Dynasty, Wall not
maintained.
• As a result, it deteriorated
The Great Wall Renovated• 2,000 years later: Ming Come into Power
• Ming Dynasty: Builds the Wall back up
• It took the Ming Dynasty 200 Years to build the Great Wall
• This is the Wall we see today in China
Uses for the Great Wall
• Ancient China: Used for Defensive Purposes– Not Effective
• Today: Used to Hike, Bicycling,
Tourism
““Longest Cemetery in the Longest Cemetery in the World”World”
• Over 1 Million People were enslaved working on the Wall.
• Hundreds of Thousands Died from Starvation and Exhaustion: Bodies disposed of in the Rubble
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