Jenson-Elliott C. The Great Wall of China

San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, Inc., 2014. — 96 p. — (History’s great structures). — ISBN10: 1601525354, ISBN13: 978160152535Built over two millennia, the Great Wall of China is 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.Important Events in the History of the Great Wall of China
Introduction: Great Wall, Great People
Before the Great Wall
The Unification of China and the First Great Wall
China’s Relationships with the Tribes of the North
The Mongol Threat and the Ming Dynasty
The Great Wall in Modern Times
Source Notes
Facts About the Great Wall of China
For Further ResearchPicture Credits
About the Author