Tuesday, April 7, 2015

406: The Great Wall of China: The Longest Graveyard

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ancient
building
emperor
enemies
graveyard
mountains
stretches
structure
thick
thousand
traveled
tremendous
watchtowers

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3 comments:

  1. length of the wall had already reached 3,107 miles, belonging to different states.In 221 BC, the Emperor Qin absorbed the other six states and set up the first unified kingdom in ChineseIn the Western Han Dynasty, the Huns became more powerful. The Han court started to build more walls on a larger scale in order to consolidate the frontier. In the west, the wall along the Hexi corridor, Yumenguan Pass, and Yangguan Pass was built.
    http://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/photogallery/2011/qin-great-wall.jpg

    Great Wall of Qin Dynasty on Yinshan
    Mountain, Guyang County, Inner Mongolia

    http://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/photogallery/2011/han-great-wall.jpg
    Great Wall of Han Dynasty,
    Dunhuang, Gansu


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  2. Structure- something built or constructed, as a building, bridge, or dam.
    Watchtower-a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.
    Landscape-a picture representing natural inland or coastal scenery.
    4R.A

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  3. tremendous-very great in amount, scale, or intensity.
    watchtowers-a tower built to create an elevated observation point.
    enemies-a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
    E.M.

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