The Great Wall of China, Asia

Wonders of Asia, The Great Wall of China

• ​The Great wall of China is the largest structure ever built by human hands it is so enormous that, under optimal conditions, it can be seen with the naked eye from outer space.
• ​​The Great Wall winds over hills and through valleys into mountainous northern China. Its construction took 200 years and claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers. 
• One of the 25,000 towers that once graced the wall. These signal and watch posts could house up to 50 soldiers. The Cloud Terrace at the Juyongguan Pass.

Important FACTS to remember of "The Great Wall of China", China part of continent Asia. 

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❤️Size-The length of the Great Wall of China is estimated between 3,700 and 4,000 miles. It is 20-23 ft wide.
❤️Height of the towers-The wall averages 26 ft in height with towers rising as high as 40 ft.
​❤️Number of towers-There were between 20,000 and 25,000 towers along the wall.
❤️Building time-The wall was built over a period of some 200 years.                                   

Important DATES to remember of "The Forbidden City", China part of continent Asia. 

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​❤️ca 220 BCE- All the Shi Huang Di, who reigned from 221-210 BCE, construction was begun on the first closed system of defenses against invaders from the north.
❤️1345-Buddhist monks built the Cloud Terrace, a gate tower with inscriptions in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Mongolian, Ulghur, Chinese, and Tangut.
❤️1368-1644-The construction of the most massing defensive system in the world took place under the Ming dynasty.
❤️1957-Restoration of the Great Wall begn with the section at Badaling.
❤️1985-Restoration of the more than 33 ft high and 17ft wide section of wall near Mutianyu was completed.
❤️1987-The Great Wall of China was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO

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