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  1. The Great Wall of China (traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; simplified Chinese: 万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng, literally "ten thousand li long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic ...

  2. Jun 16, 2024 · Great Wall of China, an extensive bulwark erected in ancient China, one of the largest building-construction projects ever undertaken. It actually consists of numerous walls—many of them parallel to each other—built over some two millennia across northern China and southern Mongolia.

  3. Aug 24, 2010 · The Great Wall of China is an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length, located in northern China.

  4. Apr 10, 2024 · The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest sights in the world — the longest wall in the world, an awe-inspiring feat of ancient defensive architecture. Its winding path over a rugged country and steep mountains take in some great scenery.

  5. The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) [1] and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner ...

  6. The Great Wall stretches across 15 northern Chinese provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, from the Bohai Sea in the east to the Gobi Desert, 2,500 kilometers away in the west. There...

  7. Oct 19, 2023 · The Great Wall of China was built over centuries by Chinas emperors to protect their territory. Today, it stretches for thousands of miles along China’s historic northern border.

  8. The Great Wall was continuously built from the 3rd century BC to the 17th century AD on the northern border of the country as the great military defence project of successive Chinese Empires, with a total length of more than 20,000 kilometers.

  9. Aug 22, 2015 · The Great Wall of China is a barrier fortification in northern China running west-to-east 13,171 miles (21,196 km) from the Jiayuguan Pass (in the west) to the Hushan Mountains in Liaoning Province in the east, ending at the Bohai Gulf.

  10. The Simatai section of the Great Wall is the best-preserved sections of Great Wall of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Summer scenery of Simatai Great Wall.