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The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall is really big. It snakes far into the distance and goes up and down mountains at an incredibly steep angle. The path along the top of the wall is not smooth, but climbs in huge steps where the wall climbs the mountainside. The steps seem to have been made for giants, and it is really hard work climbing up them. If the ancient Chinese soldiers who manned the wall climbed up and down these steps every day they must have been very fit!

The Great Wall was built to make it easier to defend the borders of China against people attacking. It is the only man-made structure on earth that is so big that you can see it from space.