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Demuth, Patricia. Henzel, Cynthia Kennedy Mann, Elizabeth Mooney, Carla Stanborough, RebeccaHenzel, Cynthia Kennedy
Summary: Offers a brief overview of the history of the Great Wall of China, discussing its original purpose, how it was built, why it is considered a threatened monument, and what is being done to conserve it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 HENDemuth, Patricia.
Summary: More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more than a million Chinese died building it, earning the wall its nickname--the longest cemetery on earth....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHEStanborough, Rebecca
Summary: "Explains the history behind andthe process of building the Great Wall of China"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 931 STMann, Elizabeth
Summary: Examines the building of the Great Wall of China and the thousands of years of conflict that preceded it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 MANMooney, Carla
Summary: "For thousands of years, the Great Wall of China has stretched across China's Northern provinces. It winds like a giant, sleeping dragon from the Pacific coast in the east to the Gobi Desert in the west. But it's not the only wall in China. Learn about the boodling techniques used, the empires who constructed them, and what their purposes were over the centuries in this informative book. Put...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2016