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The Great Wall is about 5,500 miles long.

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The Great Wall of China has a painted vivid portrait with Earth, bricks, and stone as a way of thinking

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China developed one of the greatest civilizations because they were so isolated in China from the great wall of China

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The Great Wall had 2 main purposes which were to keep invaders out of China and keep the people in China.

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More than 1 million people died during the building of The Great Wall Of China and a lot more of the workers wouldn't work for the slave owners willingly.

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Qin's body is know to be in a coffin made of bronze because people think that the soul must rest in a coffin so the soul can rest

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Archaeologists still don't know whats in Qin's tomb because the Chinese don't want people to look in there.

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All the soldiers were painted with bright colors but most of it came off while it was in the ground for 2,200 years.

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For 2,200 years the whole army stayed a secret until some farmers were digging a well and uncovered a head of one of the soldiers.

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There were 4 pits holding the soldiers in but the 4th one was empty. Pit 1 was the largest and contained about 6,000 soldiers. Pit 2 is about half the size of pit 1. Pit 3 contained 70 soldiers. Pit 3 is known as a office area for leaders.

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It took over 10 years to build the whole army of 8,000 soldiers. The emperor had died at 210 BC.

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The clay to build the clay soldiers was found on Mount. Li.

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A man with the name Meng Tien was in charge of 1,500 miles of the wall and had 300,000 soldiers protecting the wall builders.

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The emperor thought once all the clay soldiers were buried that they would come to life and protect him forever.

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Unfortunately for Qin the potion did not work so he had 700,000 workers build him a tomb for his death. His tomb was bigger than the Great Pyramid in Egypt. He filled his room his games, furniture, boats, chariots, and silk robes because they believed that the spirit lived in the afterlife.

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Island off the coast of China there were Eastern Islands which were mysterious islands. Qin wanted to go there so he could live for every and drink a potion in order to make that happen.

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The Qin leader forced his people to speak and write the same language and made people use the same money and system of weights.

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The ruler of Qin was only 13, but by the time he was 37 he had control over a huge empire

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Before China became a country there were 7 different kingdoms, the strongest one being Qin's kingdoms

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China's total population is over 1 billion people which is double of North America's population

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China is the fourth largest country and has one capital called Beijing and has a population of over 22 million people.

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Since 1974 over 2,000 soldiers have been uncovered and there might still be 6,000 more to uncover.

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The army was found when some farmers were digging up a well when they hit something hard, and it was a head of one of the soldiers in the hidden army

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The soldiers in the hidden army were made 2,000 years ago.

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In China the soldiers were in the ground 20 feet deep which gives them the name the hidden army. Until 1974 the army was hidden in the ground.

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The hidden army was the real size of the soldiers and are made of Terra-cotta which is a kind of clay that's strong

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Book 2

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Book 1

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The people of China had developed a language that's 3,000 years old

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Satellite photography had uncovered about 800 miles of the wall or 1,287 kilometers

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The land by the Huand River or Yellow River was flat, fertile, well watered, and a perfectplace for a farm

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The geography of each region had always determined the way of life for the tribes that lived in that region

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The word Xiongnu is the Chinese name for northern nomadic herders

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China didn't become a nation until about 221 BC

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In the northwestern part of China there is mostly dry land and sandy deserts

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The Chinese people were building walls way before the Great Wall of China was built

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The Great Wall of China is visited by thousands of tourists every day and no structure is larger than the Great Wall of China

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The Great Wall has been up for longer than China's imperial dynasties