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The Seven Wonders of the World
The idea of the New Seven Wonders Competition was launched in 1999, to start with this idea a strong competition between archaeological sites or monuments scattered all over the world, provided that they are made by the human hand, and they are fully built before the end of the year 2000 AD.
The activities of the competition started and voting started from all over the world for two hundred buildings built by man, and the list was reduced to only 77 sites after voting for it, and he won the vote – according to results revealed after the voting ended in Lisbon on 7/7/2007 AD – the Chichen Itza pyramid, And the statue of Christ the Redeemer, the Great Wall of China, the ancient city of Machu Picchu, Petra, the Colosseum, and the Taj Mahal.
Great Wall of China
It is located in the People’s Republic of China as it extends from the northern borders to the northwestern borders of the country, and its length reaches 2400 km, and it is considered among the most important attractions that attract tourists and visitors from all over the world annually.
Not only was the role of the Great Wall of China regarded as a landmark or miracle of the Seven Wonders of the World, but rather it served as an ancient military defensive shield, embodying the history of the Chinese nation and symbolizing it, and puts in the hands of tourists and visitors an introduction about the race and blood that the ancient Chinese made of its race and blood to build, and it is an advantage It has several characteristics that distinguish it from other human structures, such as magnitude, grandeur, strength, and the surrounding fortifications.
Composed of a set of watchtowers, defensive walls, strategic lanes, barracks, and warning towers, this massive construction is subject to a military command system that takes several levels.
Location
The Wall of China crosses a number of disparate geographical terrain, splitting the giants and cliffs and extending a passage from the desert and exceeding it to cross the green meadows and rivers. The transiting portion of the Yellow Dust Plateau was also built in northwest China, from compact, compact soil, and despite the different building components, it is similar in strength and strength.
The construction trend of the Great Wall of China is parallel to the boundary that separates the semi-humid and dry climate in the region, as it is a dividing line between agricultural and nomadic regions.
Date
The construction of the first parts of the Great Wall of China dates back to the era of the Turkish state Sobhiw Chango, as the idea of its construction emerged as a first line of defense for their property in the face of the Mongols and the Turks, and he completed the process of building his ruler, Qin Shi Huang, who belongs to the Qin dynasty, and was completed after the unification of China In the year 204 BC with the particiAl Bahahn of three hundred thousand manpower.
Building
The Great Wall of China reaches a height of 8 meters, with a width ranging between 4.6 – 9.1 meters. It narrows at the upper point of 3.7 meters, and it is covered with bricks from the eastern side. The guard towers extend to a length of 200 meters.
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