- "The Great Wall of China" (original title "Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer", literally At the Construction of the Great Wall of China) is a short story by Franz Kafka.
- Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its long and vivid history, the Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third...
- From the moon as it was first claimed, seeing at the great wall of China would be the equivalent of seeing at a strand of hair from a length of 27 football fields.
- The total length of all sections of the Great Wall of China ever built adds up to about 21,196 kilometers (13,171 miles)...
- Instead he claimed that the great wall alone would for the first time in the age of human beings create a secure foundation for a new Tower of Babel.
- The length of the Great Wall of China is 21,196.18 km (13,170.7 mi), half the equator!.
- Throughout the Great Wall of China history—when relations weren’t overly antagonistic—the Wall served as trading markets for the different cultures...
- The Ming dynasty, a group that ruled China, decided to build a new wall. The Ming rulers wanted to keep China safe from the Mongols, who had a powerful army.
- The Great Wall of China is a barrier fortification in northern China running west-to-east 13,171 miles (21,196 km) from the Jiayuguan Pass (in the west)...
- Since the 18th century the Great Wall of China has been internationally recognized as an iconic emblem of Chinese power and authority.