One of the Seven Wonders of the World is the Great Wall of China, which was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. The Great Wall is a fortification built from the third century B.C till the seventeenth century B.C. to protect various dynasties from the invasions of the Hunic, Mongol, Turkic and other nomadic tribes coming from the areas of modern day Mongolia and Manchuria. 123 Chinese New Year provides you with further information on the Great Wall of China
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