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The Great Wall of China ( traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; simplified Chinese: 万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng, literally "ten thousand li long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from ...
Ballard Bridge. Ballard Bridge. More images. July 16, 1982. ( #82004231) Spans Lake Washington Ship Canal. 47°39′47″N 122°22′30″W. / 47.6631°N 122.375°W / 47.6631; -122.375 ( Ballard Bridge) Built in 1917, the Ballard Bridge is one of the oldest examples in the state of a double-leaf bascule bridge. [8]
Gum Wall. / 47.608299833°N 122.340284833°W / 47.608299833; -122.340284833. The Gum Wall is a brick wall situated beneath Pike Place Market in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. Located on Post Alley near Pike Street, south of the market's main entrance off 1st Avenue, the wall is covered with used chewing gum.
The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) [1] and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner Asia.
Researchers wanted to know if the biocrusts growing on the Great Wall of China were helping or hurting the structure. They surveyed about 375 miles of walls and fortresses built about 500 years ...
The Great Wall of China may be around 13,000 miles long, but it is slowly disappearing, notes The Guardian.. CNN is reporting that "according to official statistics, around 30% of the Ming Dynasty ...
Jiayu Pass or Jiayuguan ⓘ ( simplified Chinese : 嘉峪关; traditional Chinese : 嘉峪關; pinyin : Jiāyù Guān) is the first frontier fortress at the west end of the Ming dynasty Great Wall, near the city of Jiayuguan in Gansu province. Along with Juyong Pass and Shanhai Pass, it is one of the main passes of the Great Wall.
svg map of Asia from for the orientation map inlay; NASA World Wind for the topological background, adapted in the German graphic lab by Rainer Zenz; A map of the world known to the Han dynasty originally from Saperaud to get the course of the Silk Route; A map of the walls from the Warring States Period from Like tears in rain to get the ...