The Great wall

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a wall that covers the northern border of China. The wall was built to help keep out northern invaders like the Mongols, the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang,  wanted a single giant wall to protect his northern borders. He ordered that a strong wall be built with lookout towers where soldiers could protect his empire.

The wall was built by slaves, peasants and also made some of the criminals to build the wall, and also any other people that the emperor decided to punish. Soldiers were involved in building the wall and also involved in managing the workers.

It is actually thought that millions of people worked on the wall over 1000 years. Some scientists have come out to even say they believe think that up to 1 million people died while building the wall. Generally the wall was built with whatever was available nearby.

The wall was really built to protect the northern border of China. It was a wall with some watchtowers, beacon towers to send signals, and blockhouses to house any soldiers living there. There were soldiers guarding the walls and towers also, this was their job. There were also towns built along the wall for some soldiers so they could get to the wall quicker in case of any attack. It is again believed that over 1 million soldiers had guarded the great wall, which is just crazy to here.