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Building the
Walkway Great Wall
Old, strong, and very LONG!
Built to keep invaders out,
China’s Great Wall is the world’s
Signal longest man-made structure.
beacon
About a million
soldiers guarded
the wall from
watchtowers
like this.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang
The PLAN FOR THE GREAT WALL
was hatched in 221 BCE by the first
emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang.
A fearsome warrior, he became
ruler of Qin state, then conquered
the six other Chinese states and
united them into one nation.
What came before…
The magnificent walls The LONG WALLS of Athens were
of the ancient CITY OF built to protect the city from
BABYLON, built around sieges. They were destroyed in
575 BCE, were reported 405 BCE when the Spartans
to be so wide that defeated the Athenian fleet
chariot races were and demanded the walls be
held on them. torn down (shown here).
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