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The Great Wall of China

Across
This many billion bricks may have been used to build the GW.
The first emperor of unified China; he also commissioned the terracotta warriors.
It is this many times longer than traditionally believed.
The Jiankou section is considered this, but people love to photograph there.
The western end is deep in this desert.
What we think of today as the GW was built during this dynasty.
The GW extends to the border of north ______
We use these in the garden but they helped to build the GW.
When it was being used, guards on the east end would see this 1 hour 20 minutes before guards on the west.
Down
The very first walls were built of this kind of earth construction.
More than this many million tour the GW each year.
In spite of what you may have heard, you cannot see the GW from this.
This kind of construction material was first used in the 14th century.
Americans convert km to this
2 words - This was added to mortar to strengthen it.
Contrary to popular belief this was not added to the mortar to make it white.
Most well-known and popular portion of the GW, near Beijing.
The Ming Walls were built to keep out these northern invaders.
This kind of tower used a signal system to warn of impending attack
All together it is about 13,000 mi. in length - almost 1/2 the length of the earth's ______