At nearly 5,500 miles in length, the collection of short walls which make the Great Wall of China are the world’s largest military structure. Snaking through the countryside, over deserts, hills and plains, the wall’s construction began in 220BC and continued until the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). The illustration shows the wall during that period.
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