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In 1559, in his work "A Treatise of China and the Adjoyning Regions", Gaspar da Cruz offers an early discussion of the Great Wall. [46] Perhaps the first recorded instance of a European actually entering China via the Great Wall came in 1605, when the Portuguese Jesuit brother Bento de Góis reached the northwestern Jiayu Pass from India. [48]
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The extent of the Ming dynasty and its walls, which formed most of what is called the Great Wall of China today The Ming Great Wall ( Chinese : 明長城 ; pinyin : Míng Chángchéng ), built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), forms the most visible parts of the Great Wall of China today.
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The Great Wall of China, Badaling Section The Great Wall at Badaling The scenery around Badaling from the Great Wall. Badaling (Chinese: 八达岭; pinyin: Bādálǐng) is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately 80 kilometers (50 mi) northwest of Beijing's city center, in Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing municipality.
The construction of the wall required the labor of 200,000 workers over twenty-one years to complete. Around 7 million cubic meters (250 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) of earth were shifted to create one of the largest city walls ever constructed in China. [1] [2] The enclosed Nanjing City is about 55 square kilometers.
Course of the Wall throughout history. The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) [1] and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner Asia.
Mutianyu (Chinese: 慕田峪; pinyin: Mùtiányù) is a section of the Great Wall of China located in Huairou District within the city limits of Beijing 70 kilometers (43 mi) northeast of the center of the city.