NAME : SULTAN SOFYAN

NIM : E1A122129

CLASS : CIVIL ENGINEERING (GANJIL)

ENGLISH TASK 2

GREAT WALL OF CHINA

The history of the Great Wall of China can be traced from the
beginning of its construction around 700 BC. The construction of this
giant wall was then continued by a number of emperors from various
ruling dynasties of mainland China until 2000 years (2 millennia) later.
The Great Wall of China is a series of giant walls that extend following
the shape of the mountains of North China stretching from east to
west. In Mandarin, the Great Wall of China is commonly referred to as
"wanli changcheng" which means "a wall with a length of 10 thousand
li."

The renovation and addition of the length of the Great Wall of

China was then continued by many emperors from various dynasties.
The last major renovations were carried out during the Ming Dynasty
(1368–1644) and became a major infrastructure project of the empire.

However, data on how the Great Wall of China was built and its
length has been updated, based on the results of recent research. The
latest data released in 2021 by the Chinese state news agency, Xinhua,
shows that the construction of the Great Wall of China dates back to
the period 770-221 BC to the reign of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Meanwhile, the results of the latest measurements carried out

by the Chinese government concluded that the total length of the Great
Wall of China reached 21,000 kilometers. The exact figure, the length of
the Great Wall of China is 21,196.18 kilometers. The data is different
from the results of an initial study in 2009 which estimated the length
of the Great Wall of China was only 8,850 km.