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The Great Wall
The Wall was created by many different dynasties over a period of approximately 560 years. The first emperor to order construction of the wall was Shi Huangdi from the Qin Dynasty.
 * Who Built the** **[|Great Wall]?**

[|Timeline] **of the Construction of the Wall**


 * Facts about the Great Wall from Politifact**
 * Linking together early walls began around 220 BCE
 * Every dynasty contributed to wall building
 * It is not a contiguous wall but a collection of multiple walls
 * For more information, see Is Donald Trump Right that the Great Wall of China is 2000 Years Old and 13,000 miles Long?


 * The Great Wall,** background information from the United Nations World Heritage Convention


 * 15 Colossal Facts about the Great Wall of China**


 * The Great Wall of China is Under ****Siege, Smithsonian (August 2008)**


 * Multimedia Resources**


 * The Great Wall Documentary from National Geographic**


 * Tim and Moby Investigate the Great Wall on BrainPop**

The Great Wall of China, a short story by Franz Kafka (1917)



Teaching Resources

 * Can You See the Great Wall of China from Space? from Universe Today**


 * Is China's Great Wall Visible from Space? Scientific American**


 * Following the Great Wall of China, a lesson plan from EDSITEment**

Taking Walls, Margy Burns Knight. Tibury House Publishers, 1992. A picture book exploring notable walls around the world.


 * Learn about the Great Wall Marathon**



**The Grand Canal**

 * Overview of the Grand Canal**
 * **Vast inland waterway system**
 * **Begun in 486 BCE**
 * **Largest engineering project in the world before the Industrial Revolution**
 * **Longest Canal in the world**


 * The Grand Canal, China from Building the World Blog, University of Massachusetts Boston**


 * [[image:Multimedia.png link="@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkhB95_NVK8"]]Engineering an Empire: The Great Canal in China**