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 -The Wall spans 1,500 miles from its westernmost point at Jiayuguan, in Gansu, to its easternmost point at Shanhaiguan, near Beijing (Ebrey).
--Scientists, using the most recent infrared and GPS technologies, conclude that the walls stretch over 8,851.8 km (5,500.3 mi).  This is figure includes 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 mi) of actual wall, 359.7 km (223.5 mi) of trenches and 2,232.5 km (1,387.2 mi) of natural defense barriers such as mountains and rivers (BBC).
+-Scientists, using the most recent infrared and GPS technologies, conclude that the walls stretch over 8,851.8 km (5,500.3 mi).  This figure includes 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 mi) of actual wall, 359.7 km (223.5 mi) of trenches and 2,232.5 km (1,387.2 mi) of natural defense barriers such as mountains and rivers (BBC).
 In order to understand just how far this is, I compiled the following measurements from UVU (approximately): UVU to LA= 560 miles; UVU to Vancouver, CAN= 737 miles; UVU to Detroit, MI= 1489 miles; UVU to Columbus, OH= 1512 miles; UVU to Pensacola, FL= 1529; UVU to Toronto, CAN= 1669 miles; UVU to Boston/New York= about 2000 miles; UVU to Honolulu, HI= 2999 miles; UVU to Frankfort, Germany 5240 miles; UVU to London, England= 4896; UVU to Beijing, China= 6142 miles
 -The majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty.
 == '''References''' ==

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 [[File:IMG_1299.JPG|375px|thumb|right|Looking out over the rugged mountains near Jinshanling. Photo by Halee Penrod.]]
-In 1449, Emperor Yingzong lead an army into Mongol territory, allowing himself to be captured and his followers to be slaughtered.  Instead of rescuing Yingzang or paying a ransom for his return, the Ming installed a new emperor.  This led to a disagreement between officials. Subsequent discussion took place on how to control the Mongols, either reject all contact or increase trade.  As this debate went on for decades, the Mongols grew stronger.
+In 1449, Emperor Yingzong led an army into Mongol territory, allowing himself to be captured and his followers to be slaughtered.  Instead of rescuing Yingzang or paying a ransom for his return, the Ming installed a new emperor.  This led to a disagreement between officials. Subsequent discussion took place on how to control the Mongols, either reject all contact or increase trade.  As this debate went on for decades, the Mongols grew stronger.
 In 1542, Altan Khan led raids into China.  During a single month, Khan captured or killed over 200,000 Chinese.  During the raids he stole over a million head of horse and cattle and burned down several thousand houses. Because of these events, the Ming decided it was in China's best interest to fortify their defense, and they invested heavily in reconstructing the Great Wall (Ebrey 210).  Construction during the Ming dynasty spanned over several centuries.

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 == ''Ming Dynasty'' ==
-Fifteen centuries after the Qin dynasty erected the wall to protect themselves against the nomadic intruders, the Ming dynasty was also struggling with nomads, the Mongols.  Prior to taking on the massive wall project, original Ming rulers tried the use offensive attacks balanced with trade to control the Mongols. When these tactics failed, Ming officials decided the wall was the best way to defend themselves and their territory. The Ming dynasty played a major role in the construction and reconstruction of the Great Wall.
+Fifteen centuries after the Qin dynasty erected the wall to protect themselves against the nomadic intruders, the Ming dynasty was also struggling with nomads, the Mongols.  Prior to taking on the massive wall project, original Ming rulers tried the use of offensive attacks balanced with trade to control the Mongols. When these tactics failed, Ming officials decided the wall was the best way to defend themselves and their territory. The Ming dynasty played a major role in the construction and reconstruction of the Great Wall.
 [[File:IMG_1299.JPG|375px|thumb|right|Looking out over the rugged mountains near Jinshanling. Photo by Halee Penrod.]]

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 == ''Ming Dynasty'' ==
-Fifteen centuries after the Qin dynasty erected the wall to protect against themselves the nomadic intruders, the Ming dynasty was also struggling with nomads, the Mongols.  Prior to taking on the massive wall project, original Ming rulers tried the use offensive attacks balanced with trade to control the Mongols. When these tactics failed, Ming officials decided the wall was the best way to defend themselves and their territory. The Ming dynasty played a major role in the construction and reconstruction of the Great Wall.
+Fifteen centuries after the Qin dynasty erected the wall to protect themselves against the nomadic intruders, the Ming dynasty was also struggling with nomads, the Mongols.  Prior to taking on the massive wall project, original Ming rulers tried the use offensive attacks balanced with trade to control the Mongols. When these tactics failed, Ming officials decided the wall was the best way to defend themselves and their territory. The Ming dynasty played a major role in the construction and reconstruction of the Great Wall.
 [[File:IMG_1299.JPG|375px|thumb|right|Looking out over the rugged mountains near Jinshanling. Photo by Halee Penrod.]]

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 == ''Ming Dynasty'' ==
-Over fifteen centuries after the Qin dynasty erected the wall to protect against themselves against nomadic intruders, the Ming dynasty was also struggling with nomads, the Mongols.  Prior to taking on the massive wall project, original Ming rulers tried the use offensive attacks balanced with trade to control the Mongols. When these tactics failed, Ming officials decided the wall was the best way to defend themselves and their territory. The Ming dynasty played a major role in the construction and reconstruction of the Great Wall.
+Fifteen centuries after the Qin dynasty erected the wall to protect against themselves the nomadic intruders, the Ming dynasty was also struggling with nomads, the Mongols.  Prior to taking on the massive wall project, original Ming rulers tried the use offensive attacks balanced with trade to control the Mongols. When these tactics failed, Ming officials decided the wall was the best way to defend themselves and their territory. The Ming dynasty played a major role in the construction and reconstruction of the Great Wall.
 [[File:IMG_1299.JPG|375px|thumb|right|Looking out over the rugged mountains near Jinshanling. Photo by Halee Penrod.]]

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 The Great Wall is the world's longest manmade structure, and one of the world's oldest.  Construction began over 2,500 years ago during the Zhou dynasty, around the 7th century BC, when officials saw the need for defensive walls.  Later, these defensive walls were joined together to make a make bigger, stronger, and unified Great Wall.
-Rebuilding and fortifying the wall took place during the Qin dynasty, and lasted from 220-210 BC (Ebrey 65). At that time, Qin Shi Huangdi was engaged in fighting the nomadic tribes to the north, without much success.  In order to save his human and economic resources, which were being lost in the ongoing battle, Qin Shi Huangdi ordered the construction of an immense defensive wall. Feeling that the a massive wall would help preserve the empire, hundreds of thousands of men were commanded to subject themselves to extremely tough working conditions. Living and working across rugged terrain, builders connected existing wall and added huge stretches of new wall using whatever local resources could be found, such as, rocks, clay, dirt, and mud to build the Great Wall.  It may be important to note that the rammed earth process was used to erect the walls where rocks were scarce (Slavicek). Credit should be given to the workers who undertook this massive building project.  Wall-building during this period is now viewed as a crime against the people.
+Rebuilding and fortifying the wall took place during the Qin dynasty, and lasted from 220-210 BC (Ebrey 65). At that time, Qin Shi Huangdi was engaged in fighting the nomadic tribes to the north, without much success.  In order to save his human and economic resources, which were being lost in the ongoing battle, Qin Shi Huangdi ordered the construction of an immense defensive wall. Feeling that a massive wall would help preserve the empire, hundreds of thousands of men were commanded to subject themselves to extremely tough working conditions. Living and working across rugged terrain, builders connected existing wall and added huge stretches of new wall using whatever local resources could be found, such as, rocks, clay, dirt, and mud to build the Great Wall.  It may be important to note that the rammed earth process was used to erect the walls where rocks were scarce (Slavicek). Credit should be given to the workers who undertook this massive building project.  Wall-building during this period is now viewed as a crime against the people.
 [[File:Map_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Map of The Great Wall of China (Construction by dynasty), map by 	Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa).  Click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China.jpg here] for original source.]]

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 Slavicek, Louise, George Mitchell, and James Matray. "The Great Wall of China (Arbitrary Boarders)." New York: Infobase Publishing. (2005).
-=== Presentation ===
+== Presentation ==
 View the Great Wall Powerpoint here: [[File:GREAT WALL PPT.ppt|powerpoint presentation]].

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	Slavicek, Louise, George Mitchell, and James Matray. "The Great Wall of China (Arbitrary Boarders)." New York: Infobase Publishing. (2005).		Slavicek, Louise, George Mitchell, and James Matray. "The Great Wall of China (Arbitrary Boarders)." New York: Infobase Publishing. (2005).
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		+	= Presentation =
		+	View the Great Wall Powerpoint here: [[File:GREAT WALL PPT.ppt\|powerpoint presentation]].