History of The Great Wall of China.
                     HISTORY OF THE 
GREAT WALL OF 
CHINA
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
The Great Wall of China is undoubtedly one of the 
world’s greatest wonders and a marvelous 
achievement of human beings ever. Located in 
northern China, it spans about 13,000 miles in length!
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THE GREAT WALL
The Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor 
Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of 
preventing incursions from barbarian nomads. The 
best-known and best-preserved section of the Great 
Wall was built in the 14th through 17th centuries 
A.D., during the Ming dynasty.
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QIN DYNASTY CONSTRUCTION
Around 220 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the fi rst emperor of 
unified China under the Qin Dynasty, ordered that 
earlier fortifications between states be removed and a 
number of existing walls along the northern border be 
joined such that the wall would extend for more than 
10000 miles.
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WANG LI CHANG CHEN
Construction of the “Wan Li Chang Cheng,” or 10,000-
Li-Long Wall, was one of the most ambitious building 
projects ever undertaken by any civilization. The 
Chinese general Meng Tian directed the project and 
was said to have used a massive army of soldiers, 
convicts and commoners as workers.
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HISTORY
Made mostly of earth and stone, the wall stretched 
from the China Sea port of Shanhaiguan over 3,000 
miles west into Gansu province. In some strategic 
areas, sections of the wall overlapped for maximum 
security.
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FALL OF QIN DYNASTY
After the fall of Qin dynasty, due to the death of 
emperor Qin Shi Huang, the Great Wall fell into 
disrepair. After the fall of the later Han dynasty, a 
frontier tribe Northern Wei Dynasty repaired and 
extended the existing wall to defend against attacks 
from other tribes.
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BEI QI KINGDOM
The Bei Qi kingdom (550–577) built or repaired more 
than 900 miles of wall, and the short-lived but 
effective Sui Dynasty (581–618) repaired and 
extended the Great Wall of China a number of times.
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LATER DYNASTIES
With the fall of the Sui and the rise of the Tang 
Dynasty, the Great Wall lost its importance as a 
fortification, as China had defeated the Tujue tribe to 
the north and expanded past the original frontier 
protected by the wall.
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RESTORATION
As China opened up in the 1980s, reformist leader 
Deng Xiaoping initiated the "Love our China and 
restore our Great Wall" campaign to repair and 
preserve the Great Wall. The Great Wall was 
designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.