China 4
The biggest man made structure ever built, is the Great Wall Of China. The Great Wall Of China is a wall that was built during the Chin dynasty. The Emperor during the Qin dynasty, Qin Shihuangdi, gave the order to build the wall. Parts of the enormous structure date back to the 4th century BC., but the earliest major work on the wall came during the Ch'in Dynasty, which lasted from 221 to 206 BC. The Great Wall Of China stretches about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from Bo Hai, a gulf off the Yellow Sea in the east, to a point deep in Gansu province in the west. The wall was origanally 6,000 miles ,but because of erosion and thievery the wall's length has shortened down to 1,500 miles. In about 214 BC, the emperor Shih Huang Ti ordered the different parts of the wall to be connected. The emperor Shi Huang united the different parts of China into one country and ordered the existing sections of the wall to be connected to form one long wall as a protection against invading nomads, or wandering tribes, from the north. The nomads he was especially concerned about were the Hsiung-nu, sometimes thought to be forebears of the Huns. One reason the Great Wall was built was to keep Chinese fa
rmers from leaving their farms,and the second reason was for protection. The wall helped in wars because it provided square stone windows ,which let the soldiers in the wall, fire there weapons at invaders. But sometimes the wall didn't help ,because invaders went around it,or over it. Because of china's size it is a land of great geographical diversity. In China's boundaries there are barren deserts, snowcapped mountains, and fertile coastal areas. China also has one the world's highest plateaus. China's climate zones,range from alpine to subartic tropical,with the worlds highest mountain,and the world's second largest depression. A large part of China is made up of deserts. The Gobi desert is on the north of China ,and borders Mongolia. The Mu Us desert is located right below the Mongolian plateau in northern China. In efforts to save some grasslands the Chinese government had workers build wells ,and electric water pumps to help improve grazing conditions for farmers and there herds. The Taklimaken desert is in the northwestern part of China ,and is near the Tarin basin. The world's second lowest desert is in China. It is the Turfan Depression. China also has one of the world's driest deserts.
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Approximate Word count = 1048
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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