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	Great Wall (China) - MSN Encarta
		Introduction; The Wall of Qin Shihuangdi; The Ming Walls; The Myth of the Great Wall
		Great Wall (China), popular name for a semi-legendary wall built to protect China’s northern border in the 3rd century bc, and for impressive stone and earthen fortifications built along a different northern border in the 15th and 16th centuries ad, long after the ancient structure had mostly disappeared.
		The walls spanned mountainous terrain, conforming to the territory’s numerous peaks and valleys.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569621/Great_Wall_(China).html (1267 words)

	The Great Wall of China - Crystalinks
		The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, 70 kilometers northeast of Beijing, is linked to the Gubeikou section on the east and the Badaling section on the west.
		The first section of the Great Wall of China was constructed in the central portion of the country around 688 B.C., Chinese archaeologists announced at a recent academic conference in Henan Province.
		The surfacing of a new portion of the Great Wall is not unheard of.
	www.crystalinks.com /chinawall.html (1710 words)

	GREAT WALL
		Great Wall of China should rightly be considered a Wonder of the World for its sheer length and the time and labor spent to enact a protective barrier for the ancient Chinese.
		The wall extends from peak to peak and is made of rectangular slabs, standing eight to ten meters high, six meters wide at the base and five meters wide at the ramparts, hence allowing ten soldiers or five horses to stand abreast.
		The walls were built and rebuilt by succeeding dynasties from the Northern Qi Dynasty (479-502) to the Tang (618-907), the Song (960-1279) and the Jin or Jurchens (1115-1234).
	www.chinapage.com /friend/goh/beijing/greatwall/greatwall.html (4684 words)

	Great Wall of China
		The principal enemy against whom the Great Wall was built were the Hsiung-nu, the nomadic tribes of the northern steppes.
		It became a permanent barrier separating the agricultural Han Chinese on the south of the Wall from the Non-Han Chinese the nomadic cattle-raisers on the north.
		The wall was heavily garrissoned and armed with canons, particularly in the Qin dynasty.
	www.american.edu /TED/ice/WALL.HTM (1983 words)

	Great Wall of China,Ruined Wall Offered by: China Travel Services
		The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987.
		History of the wall: Excitement abounds in the origin, vicissitude and nature of the great wall of the Qin, Han, and Ming dynasties.
		The Great Wall was originally built in the Spring, Autumn, and Warring States Periods as a defensive fortification by the three states: Yan, Zhao and Qin.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /china_great_wall (898 words)

	Great Wall of China - Enchanted Learning Software
		The Great Wall of China (in Chinese it is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000 Li Long Wall) was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.).
		During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added.
		The Great Wall can be seen from Earth orbit, but is not visible from the moon, according to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Jim Irwin.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/greatwall (275 words)

	Great Wall of China - a historical introduction
		From the Bohai Sea in the East to Dunhuang's desert plains in the West, the Great Wall stretches its knotted spine.
		Thousands of slaves were sacrificed for the completion of this ambitious endeavor, and the Great Wall was viewed by the people as a symbol of tyrannical oppression.
		The Great Wall was useful in checking the advance of the Manchu invaders in the seventeenth century.
	www.imperialtours.net /great_wall.htm (461 words)

	The Great Wall of China
		Visible from Space, The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made feature on the planet, however, contrary to popular legend (and according to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Jim Irwin) it is not visible from the moon.
		Though it is not known exactly when the construction of the Great Wall of China began, it is commonly believed that it was built as a military fortification to protect against tribal intrusions across the borders during the Zhou Dynasty.
		Presently, the Great wall that exists in Beijing is from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
	www.asianartmall.com /greatwallarticle.htm (509 words)

	Great Wall of China - Qin Dynasty
		The provinces south of the Great River were virtually independent, and his authority was by no means supreme in the north, where the many feudal states gave nothing more than nominal submission at best.
		The cause of this invasion was that the chief of the feudal state of Han was suspected of disloyalty, and was driven to cast his lot with the northern tribes.
		The great aim of existence was to reach this final state and mingle with Brahma.
	www.great-wall.org /han-dynasty.htm (2935 words)

	The Great Wall @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The population was 120, and the settlement was surrounded by an ancient garrison wall nearly a mile in circumference.
		Though in the popular consciousness the Great Wall is thought to be a single structure, it actually consists of numerous walls built by different dynasties over more than 2,000 years.
		The chunk of wall is 21 feet (6.4 meters) high, 20 feet (6 meters) wide at its base, and 11 feet (3.3 meters) wide at the top.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0301/feature1/index.html (1185 words)

	Forgotten Wonders: The Great Wall of China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) that the Wall took on its present form.
		Throughout the centuries, armies were garrisoned along the length of the Wall to provide early warning of invasion and a first line of defense.
		Great piles of straw and dung used to build signal fires have been found during excavations.
	ce.eng.usf.edu /pharos/wonders/Forgotten/greatwall.html (450 words)

	Great Wall of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Wall is the world's largest man-made structure, stretching over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between "China proper" and Manchuria (Northeast China), to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [1].
		Shanhaiguan Great Wall is referred to as the “Museum of the Construction of the Great Wall”, because of a temple, the Meng Jiang-Nu Temple, built during the Song Dynasty.
		He spotted the Great Wall with binoculars, but said that "it wasn't visible to the unaided eye." US Senator Jake Garn claimed to be able to see the Great Wall with the naked eye from a space shuttle orbit in the early 1980s, but his claim has been disputed by several US astronauts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Wall_of_China (1880 words)

	Great Wall construction
		The wall in the east winds its way along the ridges of mountains and here the wall has a facing of brick and stone while the section to the west of Shanxi, was built from tamped earth with no covering.
		When the Great Wall was firstly joined together under the direction of General Meng Tian for 10 years long during the Qin Dynasty, 300,000 troops were used.
		In Qin Dynasty, neither fortresses were constructed along the wall, nor bricks were used in the construction of gates at the passes, Unlike the construction during the Qin Dynasty, the Han Great Wall is on the plain and in the Gobi region moats formed the main fortification.
	www.mygreatwallchina.com /construction.htm (1473 words)

	Great Wall Hiking Tour -- Operated by China Hiking Adventures Inc.
		The Badaling section of the Great Wall most frequented by visitors dates from the Ming Dynasty, Constructed of large blocks of granite and bricks, the wall at this point is 6.6 meters high and 6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.5 meters on the rampart.
		Despite this, the great increase in tourists at the Great Wall in recent years has led experts to suggest the opening of a "second Badaling" to accommodate the great number of visitors.
		According to historical records, the construction of this part of the wall was begun in 1571, and is part of the 1,000-kilometer-long section of the wall between the Shanhai Pass in the east and Changping County in the west, which was the result of cooperation between two famous Ming generals, Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun.
	china-hiking.com /greatwall (4350 words)

	The Energy Planet :: Chinese, The Great Wall Of China :: English
		The Great Wall of China was originally built to keep the nomadic xiongnu away from the farming villages on the Chinese boarder, but the walls eventually became areas of great economic prosperity and great beauty.
		Although the wall was built out of a necessity for protection from the nomads, the wall will always stand as a tribute to the amazing ingenuity of the Chinese, and will continue to amaze the world.
		The Great Wall is 4,500 miles long--the distance between Miami and the North Pole.
	library.thinkquest.org /C004471/tep/en/cultures/chinese.html (1397 words)

	NASA - China's Wall Less Great in View from Space
		The Great Wall of China, frequently billed as the only man-made object visible from space, generally isn't, at least to the unaided eye in low Earth orbit.
		This image of sections of the wall in a desert about 435 miles west of Beijing was made by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar flown aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
		He says that generally the Great Wall is hard to see and hard to photograph, because the material from which it is made is about the same color and texture as the area surrounding it.
	www.nasa.gov /vision/space/workinginspace/great_wall.html (717 words)

	Electronic Passport to the Great Wall of China
		The wall is generally twenty-five feet high with forty-foot towers.
		Many people believe that the Great Wall of China can be seen from the moon without a telescope, in fact, a question in the game Trivial Pursuit says as much.
		The Great Wall is very long, it is no wider than a highway.
	www.mrdowling.com /613-greatwall.html (311 words)

	Great Wall of China, Great Wall map, Great Wall Hiking, Great Wall History
		The Great Wall of China, one of the most magnificent man - made project in the world, lies across the northern part of China like some great sleeping dragon, winding its way through the vast territory of China.
		The Great Wall is one of the World Heritages listed by the UNESCO.
		Many wise men suggest we should make the Great Wall better understood by the common people, make law to protect it and let the world to share the rich contents of the culture of China in the new century.
	www.chinahighlights.com /greatwall (283 words)

	Great Wall of China--World History lesson plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Analyze the impact of the Great Wall(s) of China on the course of western civilization.
		The history of China’s Great Wall is explored from its beginnings under Emperor Qin over two thousand years ago to the rebuilding undertaken during the Ming Dynasty fifteen hundred years later.
		Context: Today the Great Wall of China is protected, as it serves as an icon for China.
	school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/greatwall (1476 words)

	Great wall, Beijing, Regent Tour China
		he wall runs approximately 4,000 miles across China from the sea in the east to the far provinces in the west.
		The Great Wall construction was begun during the Warring States Period of the 5th century as three separate walls each as a defense from northern nomadic tribes and each other.
		From the 17th century on the wall was left to deteriorate.
	www.regenttour.com /chinaplanner/pek/bj-sights-wall.htm (303 words)

	Travel Channel :: 99 Things To Do :: Walk the Great Wall of China
		China's Great Wall, stretching more than 4,500 miles (7,300 km) across the northern Chinese countryside, was built originally as a fortification to protect Chinese lands from invasion and to keep the nation's people from leaving the empire.
		Construction of the wall began in the seventh century B.C. and additions we added and sections rebuilt until the 16th century A.D. It stretches from east to west from Shan-hai Pass near Po Hai (Gulf of Chihli) to Chia-yü Pass (in the modern Kansu province).
		Large sections of the wall are now in ruins or have disappeared, but there are good viewing points just a short drive from Beijing.
	travel.discovery.com /ideas/culture_attractions/101/histcult/5.html (341 words)

	Welcome to the Great Wall Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Great Wall Group is listed on China’s top 200 exporting corporations in 2004
		Four subsidiaries of Great Wall Group were ranked the top 100 enterprise in Shenzhen
		Great Wall products were voted as “2004 China Corporation Top 10 Brands”
	www.greatwall.com.cn /4a/english.asp (130 words)

	Image of the Day
		The European Space Agency said May 19 that what they first declared to be the Great Wall is, instead, a river.
		Sure, spotting the Great Wall of China from space is easy with the right telescope and camera.
		"In Earth's orbit at a height of 160 to 320 kilometers [100-200 miles], the Great Wall of China is indeed visible to the naked eye," says astronaut Eugene Cernan.
	www.space.com /imageoftheday/image_of_day_040512.html (361 words)

	The Great Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The prominent concentration of galaxies running diagonally across the northern (that is, upper) portion of the adjacent image has been termed the Great Wall.
		Because neither the Northern Wall nor the Southern Wall have been mapped fully, it is even possible that the two join each other in the parts of the sky that have not been examined yet and are part of one much larger structure.
		Preliminary deep space redshift surveys along narrow pencils of direction indicate a periodic structure suggesting that there may be additional Great Wall type structures out there, but we have insufficient information at this point to map them extensively.
	csep10.phys.utk.edu /astr162/lect/gclusters/gwall.html (174 words)

	The Great Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One of the fully restored sections of the 7,000km Great Wall of China.
		It was actually a bastion for the soldiers guarding the wall.
		A great rest stop on the city side of the wall.
	gtti.20m.com /Beijing/GreatWall/the_great_wall.html (287 words)

	50 Places @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This section of China’s Great Wall at Badaling was built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and is made of earth and rubble, faced with stone, and topped with brick.
		The wall comes from where the sun rises and goes to where it sets.
		In the book Alone on the Great Wall, William Lindesay shared his thoughtful observations about his solo trek along the legendary rampart.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /traveler/greatwall.html (138 words)

	Great Wall Chinese School
		I feel it is a great fortune to have the opportunity for my kid to learn the language and the culture.
		The reward is eminent as evidenced by effective communication skills and great interest in Chinese history displayed by my daughter when she visited several cities of China last summer.
		I also observed that she can express sincere respect to several friends of her who are learning Spanish and interested in the cultures of Mexico, and often discuss the differences and similarities between the two cultures with great curiosity.
	www.greatwall.org /gwcs_asp/gwcs.asp?p=parentswords (602 words)

	CHINA-WALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Their bodies were buried in the foundations of the wall or used to make up its thickness.
		The Great Wall crosses loess plateaus, mountains, deserts, rivers and valleys, passing through five provinces and two autonomous regions.
		Parts of the wall are so broad that 10 soldiers can walk abreast.
	www.educ.uvic.ca /faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/CHINA-WALL.HTML (298 words)

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