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The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China. Long ago (770-476 BC), China consisted of many small states or princedoms. To protect their states the princes ordered independent walls be built along state borders. These were like the Great Wall in construction, but on a smaller scale.

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The Great Wall of China

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  1. The Great Wall of China

  2. Long ago (770-476 BC), China consisted of many small states or princedoms. • To protect their states the princes ordered independent walls be built along state borders. These were like the Great Wall in construction, but on a smaller scale

  3. The small states were joined together by warlords by the beginning of the Warring States Period to form seven large states. Each state had its own defensive walls, like several short Great Walls.

  4. The outcome of the Warring States Period was that the State of Qin proved to be the stronger, conquering and unifying the other states. Qin Shihuang (king of the State of Qin from 247-221 BC) became the first emperor of China and ruled China for most of the short Qin Dynasty.

  5. The wall was built to help keep out northern invaders like the Mongols. Smaller walls had been built over the years, but the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, decided that he wanted a single giant wall to protect his northern borders. He ordered that a single strong wall be built with thousands of lookout towers where soldiers could guard and protect his empire.

  6. The wall was built by peasants, slaves, criminals, and other people that the emperor decided to punish. Soldiers were involved in building the wall and in managing the workers as well. It is estimated that millions of people worked on the wall over the course of over 1000 years. Some scientists think that up to 1 million people died while building the wall. People building the wall were not treated very well. Many people were just buried under the wall when they died.

  7. Random Facts • The Great Wall of China has been called the longest cemetery on Earth. Over a million people died building the Wall and archaeologists have found human remains buried under parts of the wall. • The Great Wall is wide enough in some places to drive a car over it.

  8. Random Facts • The most well known of all of the legends of The Great Wall of China is the story of "Men Jiangnu’s Bitter Weeping" whose husband died building the wall. Her weeping was so bitter that a section of the wall collapsed, revealing her husband’s bones so she could bury them. • The Wall is a unique structure that is considered one of the seven wonders of the world. It snakes through the mountains of China for 4,500 miles. That's longer than the distance across from New York to California by about 1,000 miles!

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