The Great Wall of China, first started –206 BC by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, it is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against raids and invasions. This view made late 19th century.


The Great Wall of China, first started –206 BC by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, it is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against raids and invasions. This view made late 19th century. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.


Size: 5079px × 3471px
Photo credit: © Classic Image / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: .220–206, 19th, ancient, archival, archive, asia, asian, asians, bc, borders, brick, built, century, china, chinese, civilization, defence, defense, defensive, earth, east--west, emperor, empire, fortification, fortifications, fortified, great, historical, history, huang, invasions, late, line, northern, people, peoples, photograph, protect, qin, raids, series, shi, started, states, stone, structure, tamped, wall, wood