The Great Wall
Lauchlan Kir
hree billion, nine hundred million bricks to build it.
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dreds of thousands of Chinese workers died to make it.
ht thousand, eight hundred and fifty kilometers to travel it.
rded by one million Chinese soldiers in the past.
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eaching twenty-five feet high into the sky in some places.
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nemies from the North trying to attack China in armour and helmets.
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xes, lances, sledgehammers and gunpowder in towers to defend it.
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he longest man-made structure in the whole world.
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atchtowers and beacon towers built for the soldiers.
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ccording to legend, it follows the trail of a giant dragon across China.
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onger than Hadrian’s Wall in Britain that was built by the Romans.
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asting for over two thousand years, we can still see it today.
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