When1: -300
When2: -200
What: architect
Where: China
works\ Great Wall of China [-300 to -200]
Detail: Eastern wall, begun by Ch'in Shih Hwang-ti, averages eight meters tall, is seven to ten meters wide at bottom, and is five meters wide at top. Western wall is an earth mound with stone facing and is in ruins. Complete wall goes from Shanhaikuan on Yellow Sea to Chaiyukuan in Gobi Desert, 2500 kilometers, with side branches, and has 24,000 gates and towers. Ming Dynasty did next major work. Wall is largest construction in size, labor, and weight.
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