Year 7 History - Ancient China: The Great Wall of China

• The Great Wall of China

  The Great Wall of China was built over centuries by China’s emperors to protect their territory. Today, it stretches for thousands of miles along China’s historic northern border.

• Great Wall of China construction

  The Great Wall of China is an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length, located in northern China.

• Unesco World Heritage Convention

  In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north.

• Facts about The Great Wall of China
  Article with fun facts about this famous not-so-effective all which stretched across thousands of years.
• Discover China's History Along the Great Wall
  Learn about the ingenuity of the Ancient Chinese.

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