Great Wall Of China Ppt

" It sure is a great wall."

- US President Mr. Richard Nixon, visiting the Great Wall in 1972.

Beginning of the WallBeginning of the Wall• Constructed in the 7th century B.C.

• The Zhou Dynasty first constructed “Walls”

• Qin Dynasty: United China and improved the “Walls” –Came to be known as the “Great Wall”

The Great Wall Under the Qin

• Used for Defensive Purposes

• Not Effective: Too few soldiers, Wall Easily Breached

• After Qin Dynasty, Wall not

maintained.

• As a result, it deteriorated

The Great Wall Renovated• 2,000 years later: Ming Come into Power

• Ming Dynasty: Builds the Wall back up

• It took the Ming Dynasty 200 Years to build the Great Wall

• This is the Wall we see today in China

Uses for the Great Wall

• Ancient China: Used for Defensive Purposes– Not Effective

• Today: Used to Hike, Bicycling,

Tourism

““Longest Cemetery in the Longest Cemetery in the World”World”

• Over 1 Million People were enslaved working on the Wall.

• Hundreds of Thousands Died from Starvation and Exhaustion: Bodies disposed of in the Rubble

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