Friday, February 11, 2011

Introducing the New Magnificent Great Wall of China

It was reported that the great wall that was built in the Qin dynasty was one of the 7 wonders of the world.  This is an amazing achievement because there is only 7.  It is also reported that it was 5000 km long.  It was made by connecting and extending multiple walls on the northern border of China made in the warring states period.  This wall was made along multiple treacherous terrains including mountains, deserts, jungles with quicksand.  The area it was built in had huge weather extremes like in the summer it was scorching, and the winters were frostbitten.  The wall was also built with multiple materials including dirt, bricks, stone, mud, and wood.  It was made to keep the invaders and barbarians out so we could all be safe.  There were 700,000 people building the wall including soldiers, slaves, workers, and prisoners.  One of the toughest soldiers was complaining about the conditions they were working in what he said was "I wish I never had to do that, building the wall was more dangerous than any war even if we got to pick whatever we wanted from the land and got to make our own houses it was backbreaking, hand blistering, insanity inducing work."  Now that is some scary stuff. 

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