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Great Wall of China - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 12 views

    • Tom March
       
      Add questions
    • Vince McCafferty
       
      I bet it took lots of cement to put it together
  • The first was built in the 5th century BC
    • Tom March
       
      I wonder what that looked like
    • Sue McDonald
       
      where was it built?
  • The first was built in the 5th century BC.
    • btwopae
       
      not much left eh?
    • raniferns
       
      Massive
    • btwopae
       
      ok
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  • didn't see it.[4]
    • Multivac 11
       
      So you can't see it from space!
    • joel_aarons
       
      So he says!
    • anonymous
       
      This certainly suggests it is a great urban myth!
    • btwopae
       
      Of course you can't see it,imagine how relatively thin it would look from space.
  • The Great Wall stands 5 people wide and 20 people high
  • The current wall was built during the Ming Dynasty
    • purple lephant
       
      How long was the Ming Dynasty?
    • anonymous
       
      Was it named after someone? When was it in relation to other eras? eg middle ages
    • Sue McDonald
       
      Ming dynasty was 1368- 1644
    • Multivac 11
  • he first was built in the 5th century BC
    • John Obuch
       
      I wonder what it looked like?
  • The first was built in the 5th century BC.
    • Vicki Dunn
       
      How long ago was that?
    • btwopae
       
      a long time
  • Neil Armstrong
  • enemy attacks
  • The First Emperor of China started the Qin Dynasty
    • anonymous
       
      What year was this? How many dynasties were there?
  • Little of this wall remains
    • sheryl ecker
       
      Why is so little left?
    • Sue McDonald
       
      it was the rabbits.
  • Builders used materials nearby so some parts of the wall were made out of mud, straw, and twigs
    • John Obuch
       
      How did they do it?
    • corinne mcgaffin
       
      maybe it was created by the same aliens that built the pyramids!?!
    • corinne mcgaffin
       
      Does anyone have a picture or link to pictures of the Chinese emperors?
  • The First Emperor of China started the Qin Dynasty
  • Qin Dynasty
    • joel_aarons
       
      Pronounced "Chin"
    • btwopae
       
      But is it Die nasty or Din asty
  • Thousands of workers lost their lives from giant falling stones, exhaustion, disease, animal attacks, and starvation.
    • Vicki Dunn
       
      Which animals?
    • sheryl ecker
       
      probably the rabbits!
  • The wall begins at Shanhai Pass and ends in Lop Nur.
    • Jessica Patti
       
      Does anyone know a good map where a could locate these places?
    • Multivac 11
       
      Google earth
  • Great Wall of China
    • Dale McInerney
       
      Can you see it from space?
  • 6400 kilometres
    • alvina Lim
       
      That's incredible. Imagine the hard work put into it...
    • btwopae
       
      same for the pyramids
  • Thousands of workers lost their lives from giant falling stones, exhaustion, disease, animal attacks, and starvation.
    • anonymous
       
      I wonder if these were paid workers, volunteers, slaves??
  • of China started the Qin Dynasty
    • julie jellis
       
      cool
  • The workers who lost their lives were buried in the Great Wall.
  • stretching approximately 6400 kilometres long
  • China
  • China
  • During the Ming Dynasty, major reconstruction work took place, where sections of the Wall were built with bricks and stone instead of earth.
  • most famous wal
  • During the Ming Dynasty, major reconstruction work took place, where sections of the Wall were built with bricks and stone instead of earth.
  • The First Emperor
  • farther north than th
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25 Infographic Videos about the Environment | Inspired Magazine - 0 views

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    June is traditionally a month dedicated to the Envionment. The 5th is the World Environment Day, and all over the world a number of initiatives occur, reminding us how dependant we are of Nature,and how much can we do, both as individuals and as a collective force. Today we bring several infographic videos, from the many available on Visual Loop, that have in common the focus on the main environmental issues affecting the world. Hope they serve both as an alert and as an inspiration!
Tom March

Building the 21st-Century Mind: Scientific American - 0 views

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    His most recent book, Five Minds for the Future, offers some advice for policy-makers on how to do a better job of preparing students for the 21st century. Mind Matters editor Jonah Lehrer chats with Gardner about his new book, the possibility of teaching ethics and how his concept of multiple intelligences has changed over time.
Tom March

Best Links for Vision of the Future Post Sixth Sense? - 6 views

The Look to Learn post on how the world has changed from 1994 and the Web to 2009 and the "Sixth Sense" might prompt you to share the best sites you've found that give hints or cautions as to what ...

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Tom March

Japan Earthquake: Before and After - In Focus - The Atlantic - 0 views

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    absolutely amazing images - click each to see how it looked before the earthquake / tsunami
Tom March

Amazon.com: How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum (9780399534607): K... - 0 views

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