The Great Chinese Wall - Why is it still standing?

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.

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Why was the Great Wall China built?
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.

How long is China's Great Wall and why was it built?
The first went up some four centuries before Qin Shi Huang, who became China's first emperor in 221 BC, ordered a decade-long project to unite and expand these defences into a single barrier. Construction to create the current 13,000 miles of wall continued, on and off, for more than two millennia.

How long is the Great Wall of China today?
The total length of all sections of the Great Wall of China ever built adds up to about 21,196 kilometers (13,171 miles), including overlapping sections that were rebuilt. The wall constructed during the Ming dynasty, the most well-preserved section, is about 8,850 kilometers (5,499 miles) long.

What are 5 facts about the Great Wall of China?
Here are the top 10 facts about the Great Wall of China.
The Great Wall was built for more than 1800 Years.
The Great Wall is made up of several walls.
Sticky rice was used in the construction of the wall.
The wall was built by Chinese prisoners.
Roosters were used to guide the dead to crossover.

What is the China wall made of?
Made mostly of earth and stone, the wall stretched from the China Sea port of Shanhaiguan over 3,000 miles west into Gansu province. In some strategic areas, sections of the wall overlapped for maximum security (including the Badaling stretch, north of Beijing, that was later restored during the Ming Dynasty).

How long did it take to build the Great Wall?
The first-ever section of the 'Great Wall' was first built in the Chu State over a period of 24 years (680–656 BC). Afterward, new 'Great Wall' sections were built or rebuilt on their old sites to resist the invasion from neighboring states and later the northern nomads and nations, lasting over 2,300 years.

Can you walk the entire wall of China?
Has anyone ever walked the entire Great Wall of China? In spite of extreme difficulties, the answer is YES! The whole Great Wall is quite long and the existing Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) alone counts 8,851.8 km (5,500.3 mi). However, long distance is not the only difficulty one has to face.

What is special about Great Wall of China?
The Great Wall of China became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 1987. The wall is the longest man made structure in the world, with a total length of about 13170.7 mi or 21196.18 km. Made over the course of hundreds of years, the wall was built by over 6 different Chinese dynasties, and is over 2,300 years old.

How long does it take to walk the Great Wall in China?
Winding its staggering way along over 5,000 miles, the Great Wall of China needs little in the way of introduction. It's long, seriously long – it would take around 18 months to walk its length.

Why is China called China?
The name 'China' comes from the Sanskrit Cina (derived from the name of the Chinese Qin Dynasty, pronounced 'Chin') which was translated as 'Cin' by the Persians and seems to have become popularized through trade along the Silk Road.

What is the longest wall in the world?
The Great Wall of China twists through deserts and plains, over mountains and plateaus like a Chinese dragon. The structure's length is estimated at 8,852 kilometres.

Who built the Great Wall?
Several walls were built from as early as the 7th century BC, with selective stretches later joined together by Qin Shi Huang (220–206 BC), the first emperor of China.

How many walls of China are there?
One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, The Great Wall of China is mankind's longest structure ever built. It was built over hundreds of years by different dynasties. It can even be seen on radar images from space! There were actually 19 walls that were built but many of them no longer exist.

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