THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

PRESENTED BY:

JASMINE C.

THOMAS M.

HANNAH O.
 Fun Fact
There are over 50 million visitors a
year that travel to see this ancient
wonder

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA IS ABOUT 2,700

YEARS OLD

THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION DONE ON THE

WALL WAS IN 1878
 Fun Fact
The average height of the wall is 20 to 23
feet high
The highest is 46 feet tall

More than 1,000,000 laborers were

recruited for the construction of
this wall

One third of the wall has

disappeared due to physical weather
and human activities like
vandalizing
 Fun Fact
The Great Wall is equal to half of the
length of the equator

During 550-577, the Bei Qi kingdom built

more than 900 miles of the wall

Soldiers were assigned to protect

merchants and caravans traveling
along the trade routes during the
Mongol dynasty (1206-1368)
 FUN FACTS

THE GREAT WALL EXPANDS OVER 15 REGIONS IN

NORTH CHINA AND SOUTH MONGOLIA

THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE GREAT WALL OF

CHINA IS 13,170.70 MILES

THE WALL WAS ORIGINALLY MADE TO BE A

DEFENSIVE LINE AROUND 210 BCE
RESOURCES

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_gre
at_wall/facts/

http://www.history.com/topics/great-wall-
of-china

http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/alexisseidl/502
/start.html