Ebook: The Great Wall of China
Author: Cindy Jenson-Elliott
- Genre: History
- Tags: Исторические дисциплины, История стран Азии и Африки, История Китая, История Древнего Китая
- Series: History's Great Structures
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: ReferencePoint Press
- Language: English
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This book presents the history of the Great Wall of China, built over two millennia and one of the longest man-made structures in the world. The story of the Great Wall is an epic of opposing forces: hard labor and high achievement; power and powerlessness; literate culture and untamed nomads.
Abstract: This book presents the history of the Great Wall of China, built over two millennia and one of the longest man-made structures in the world. The story of the Great Wall is an epic of opposing forces: hard labor and high achievement; power and powerlessness; literate culture and untamed nomads