1. The Great Wall of China

3. Background Information
Was built and rebuilt by hand out of granite, stone, brick and earth.
Time period from 400 B. C A.D.
Stand 35 feet tall, towers every 100 to 200 yards, and is about 4,600 miles long
Longest structure every built

5. Benefits of Building Great Wall
Protection- wall prevented nomadic horsemen from invading farms
More farmers would stay on farms
There were fewer threats on Shihuangdi, ordering soldiers to work on different parts of the wall. As a result soldiers could not band together.

7. Costs of the Great Wall
More than 300,000 workers, most drafted against will
Construction so difficult and living conditions so harsh, thousands workers died.
Often workers buried in the wall itself
Gained the title, “ the world’s longest cemetery.”