WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jiayuguan’s Great Wall section in west China was mainly built with dusty loess soil. Most of the (restored) Great Wall sections we see today were built with bricks, and cut stone blocks/slabs. Where bricks and blocks weren’t available, tamped earth, uncut stones, wood, and even reeds were used as local materials.

Detailed explanation-2: -The author found out that the main construction method that was used was rammed earth. The rammed earth method is a technique of building walls by compressing the raw materials such as earth, gravel and lime into the shape of a wall.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Wall is a massive monument built with different materials. Most of the sections we see today were built with bricks and cut stone blocks, and lime mortar was used to hold the bricks together. Where bricks and blocks weren’t available, tamped earth, uncut stones, and wood were used as local materials.

Detailed explanation-4: -Construction of the wall was first initiated by Emperor Qin Shi Huang around 220 BC, who was the first emperor of unified China.

Detailed explanation-5: -The great wall was built with only four materials: Soil, stone, sand, brick. It was stuck together by cement mixed with sticky rice. Sticky rice made the cement sticky to glue the bricks together. Seriously, sticky rice, TO USE AS CEMENT FOR THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA!