There are many beautiful places
in the ancient world. But the beautifulest places is the seven wonders. The
seven wonders are Stonhenge, Colosseum, Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Great Wall
of China, Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, Hagia Sophia,Leaning Tower of Pisa. Today
I want to speak about the Great Wall of China.
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century bce; these, later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built 220–206 bce by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall is from the Ming Dynasty.
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century bce; these, later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built 220–206 bce by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall is from the Ming Dynasty.
Other purposes of the Great Wall
have included border controls,
allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road,
regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and
emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were
enhanced by the construction of watch towers, troop barracks, garrison
stations, signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire, and the
fact that the path of the Great Wall also served as a transportation corridor.
The Great Wall stretches from Dandong in the east, to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc that
roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. A
comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has concluded
that the Ming walls measure 8,850 km. This
is made up of 6,259 km sections of actual wall, 359 km of trenches
and 2,232 km of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers. Another archaeological survey found
that the entire wall with all of its branches measure out to be 21,196 km.
If I have chance I will go to China and the Great
Wall.
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