The wonders of the world.

The Great Wall of China which is internationally recognized as one of the wonders of the world. The wall was initially constructed by the aforementioned Qin Shi Huang over 2,000 years ago. In Chinese the wall is called Wan-Li Qang-Qeng which means 10,000 Li Long Wall (about 5,000 km).It have around1400 steps to get from the ground to the wall, and countless more as I wondered up and down its length.

Qin Shi Huang connected 4 existing walls following his suppression and unification of the seven warring states of China. These walls originated in about 700 BC over 2,500 years ago. Armies were stationed along the wall as a first line of defence against the invading and nomadic Hsiung Nu tribes (more commonly known as the Huns) from the north of China.  The Great Wall stretches across the mountains of northern China, winds its way north and northwest of Beijing.It was so vast it can famously be seen from space when orbiting the earth. The Great Wall of China is made up of 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 mi) sections of actual wall, 359.7 km (223.5 mi) of trenches and 2,232.5 km (1,387.2 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers.