China’s Great Wall crosses five provinces along its 6700-kilometre length. Built by conscripted labour in the fifth century 8.C., it was largely rebuilt in the third century B.C. It averages seven to eight metres in height and five to seven metres in width. The wall did not prove a complete bar to invasion from the north, but was a considerable obstacle to the horsemen of the steppes and stabilised the frontier. — Photograph by Camera Press
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Press, 9 August 1985, Page 16
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75China’s Great Wall crosses five provinces along its 6700-kilometre length. Built by conscripted labour in the fifth century 8.C., it was largely rebuilt in the third century B.C. It averages seven to eight metres in height and five to seven metres in width. The wall did not prove a complete bar to invasion from the north, but was a considerable obstacle to the horsemen of the steppes and stabilised the frontier. — Photograph by Camera Press Press, 9 August 1985, Page 16
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