Great Wall of China
The symbol of the Chinese Nation, The Wall of Ten Thousand Li. ... , lies across the northern borders of China like some great sleeping dragon, stretching and sunning itself on the peaks and ridges of some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the world. ... (The Great Wall of China, pp. ... These imitations should only refer to the great construction of China, which is known as The Great Wall of China. ... Its so huge that some scientists calculated that with the materials which are used to build the wall should build a wall about eight-feet tall around the world (History of Great Wall of China article). The entire wall is more than 6400 km, or in ancient Chinese measurements, more than 12000 Li . ... The Great Wall of China which was arise as a result of the combination of different ramparts which were built by different dynasties (Chasing the Great Wall article), has a great importance for the Chinese history. ... Although Mongols had great effect on the reason of the Great Wall of China, there should be other reasons. The Chinese built that wall to protect themselves from the attacks of the Mongols, beside that to prevent rebellions of the villagers by making them work in the building of such a big construction (Çin Seddinin Gerçek Yüzü). In the history of the walls, three dynasties appear commonly which are Qin, Han, and Ming (History of the Great Wall of China article). The wall was built mostly by three dynasties which crosses three different geographical regions: Gobi desert in western side, Ordos Steppes in the central section, and to Pacific Ocean in east (The Heritage of world Civilizations, pp. ... It is not certain when the building of the Great Wall started, but it is thought that the tribes on the borders started building walls to stop their enemies during Zhou Dynasty (History of the Great Wall article). After these walls were combined and formed the northern boundary of China, the earliest combined walls were built in the Qin period by the emperor Qin Shih Huang (The Great Wall of China, pp. ... 200) , but also served as the power symbol of the emperor (History of the Great Wall article).