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Hundreds of beacon
towers along the Wall’s
length allowed soldiers
guarding the Wall to send
messages to each other.

Keep out!
Emperor Qin ordered that all the
walls on China’s northern border be
connected, creating a CONTINUOUS
WALL to keep out foreign raiders.
Later emperors added sections to Hard labor
make the wall even longer. By the Up to a million workers helped to build
16th century, it stretched for a mind- the wall—mainly soldiers, prisoners, and
boggling 5,500 miles (8,850 km).
peasants who were FORCED TO WORK
on the project. Made from stone, earth,
sticks, and bricks, the wall is up to 30 ft
(9 m) thick and 25 ft (7.5 m) high.

Ramparts
How it changed
the world
Bamboo The wall helped the
scaffolding
Chinese people feel safe.
worry of war, China
Bricks were held together Free from the costs and
with a mortar of lime became the world’s richest,
mixed with glutinous rice. most powerful empire.

Large, locally
quarried rocks
What came after…

In the 15th century, China was ruled by
Emperor Yong Lo built THE emperors for more than
FORBIDDEN CITY in Beijing. It 2,000 years. The last
was an enormous palace emperor was PUYI, who was
complex, with more overthrown in 1912 when
than 8,700 rooms. China became a republic.
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