The Great Wall of China is not a continuous wall but is a collection of short walls that often follow the crest of hills on the southern edge of the Mongolian plain. The Great Wall of China, known as "long Wall of 10,000 Li" in China, extends about 8,850 km .
It was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China.
In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng"
After subjugating and uniting China from seven Warring States, the emperor connected and extended four old fortification walls along the north of China that originated over 2500 years ago.
The first line of defense against the invading nomadic Hsiung Nu (a nomadic people that first appeared in Central Asia early in the first millennium B.C., comprising Mongoloid aborigines and Europeoids who had migrated from northern China) tribes north of China the armies were stationed along the wall
The Great Wall is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is constructed of masonry, rocks and packed-earth.It was 5000 km long.
During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 km and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added.
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