The Great Wall of China
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The Great Wall of China

B1IntermediateOctober 9, 202615 min
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Today it is a tourist attraction but for thousands of years it served as protection and a barrier from invaders from the north. OK Let’s Learn about this engineering marvel. Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’s Learn Substack page: https://substack.com/@kevinokeefe165051?r=6vm2k&utm...

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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into books, stories, people, science, history, and tons of different topics. My name is Kevin O'Keeve.

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So today, OK, let's learn all about the Great Wall of China. Yes, when most people, whether it's my generation or even this generation, when you think of China and you think of ancient China you think about one of the seven wonders of the world the Great Wall of China so okay let's learn hey up front it should

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be the Great Walls of China it's not one continuous wall and why did they build it well they were concerned about the people from the north the nomads they We had no issues with people from the south because of the natural barrier of the Himalayan mountains.

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