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Great Wall of China

it is one of the largest architectural buildings in the world and the longest wall in the world, dating 

back more than 2,300 years. The Great Wall of China consists of several parallel fences built over 2,000 years across northern China and southern Mongolia. The largest and most preserved part of the wall was built during the Ming Dynasty. From a built-up wall, punctuated by trenches and pits. Today, much of the fence is left, most of which have disappeared or been destroyed, [1] and because of its importance, it was included in the UNESCO List of Heritage and Culture in 1987.

The length of the Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is 21,196.18 km long. It was built during the reign of several ruling chains in different eras, each of which built part of the wall using old parts and increasing new parts, until its total length reached the current length. 206 BC and up to 1368-1644 AD, the wall that exists today is mostly due to the wall built by the Ming Dynasty, which ruled from 1368-1644, and took the construction of the wall during their reign over 100 years to complete.

History of the Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China dates back to the 3rd century BC, and many of the forts in the wall date back hundreds of years. Before that, China was divided into a number of kingdoms during the Warring States Period, around 220 BC. Qin Shi Huang, the first king of United China, ordered the removal of ancient forts, the merger of ancient walls built on the northern border, and the formation of a single wall of more than 5,000 km to protect China from attacks from the north. At the beginning of the construction of the Great Wall of China, it was run by the famous Chinese General Meng Tian, ​​and he used a huge army of soldiers, convicted persons, and people from the public to help him build this wall known for its magnitude, and to build the wall, he used dust and stones. The fence stretched from the Chinese seaport of Shanheguan to the Gansu Province for 3,000 miles (4,828,032 km). The height was about 15-30 feet (4.6-9.14 m), above which were 12-foot (3.65 m) or higher walls, and guard towers were distributed along the fence.

The importance of the Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China played an important role throughout history on both the political and military sides. In the mid-17th century, the Manchu peoples attacked Beijing through the Great Wall of China, coming from central and southern Manchuria, eventually forcing the Ming Dynasty to surrender. Hence the reign of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), and between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the Great Wall of China emerged as a national symbol of China known in the Western world, and a material and moral symbol of the strength of China. External interventions, but today, carry a Wall of architectural importance as the leading architectural masterpiece in history; where this fence is characterized by being the only edifice built by man, and can be seen from space.