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The Seven Chinese Brothers
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Chin Shih HuangFirst Chinese Emperor 259-210 BC
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The Great Wall of China was built over 2000 years
ago by Chin Shih Huang, the first emperor of
China. The wall was built as a defense against
nomadic tribes north of China. It is about 4000
miles long. The wall can be seen from space by
satellite. More than 500,000 men were forced to
work on building this wall by hand from stones,
bricks and mud.
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Large parts of the wall have fallen into
disrepair.
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Other parts have been repaired and opened for
tourists.
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The Great Wall of China can be seen from space.
The photo was taken by a satellite circling the
earth.
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In 1974, while digging a well, a farmer found the
tomb of Emperor Haung. Inside were found
thousands of terra cotta (pottery), life sized
soldiers and horses. The soldiers and horses and
weapons are standing in battle formation. There
are 6 to 8 thousand soldiers, as well as horses,
and chariots. Weapons are as sharp as they were
2300 years ago. It was the custom to bury slaves
and animals alive when an important person died,
but the emperor broke with tradition and had
replicas made for his tomb. He spent most of his
life creating his tomb.
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This is a model of the mausoleum area.
Archeologists think this is what the area might
have looked liked when it was first completed.
Today the excavated tomb area has a large
building over it to protect the statues from the
weather and from thieves.
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The soldiers have different hair styles, facial
expressions, and clothing styles. All men had to
serve in the army and they came from all areas of
China.
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Some of the horses were made of pottery like the
soldier. Others were made from bronze metal.
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