The Great wall of China










The Great wall of China approxmately 5 meters wide ,7.8 meters high and 8,851.8 kilometers(5,500 miles) long from east to west of China with a history of more than 2000 years.The Great wall is built, rebuilt,and maintained between the 5th century to 16th centuary (220-206BC)by the first Emperor of china,Qin Shi Huang.Little of that wall (290 km) remains were built during the Ming Dynasty to protect the northern borders of the Chinies Empire from Xiongnu attacks. Ancient records reported that at least one million slaves and prisoners of war were used to build this wall. Many labours died from exhaustion and starvation while working on this colossal task. Their blood and bodies were added there to build it.