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Asked by Jolene from united states | Apr. 23, 2015 16:15
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China Great Wall is only 3400 miles from east to west

How is the wall 13,000 miles long if the country is only 3400 miles long? I realize that the wall curves in many places, but I don't understand how you can fit 13,000 miles in 3400 miles.

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Answered by Paul Straub | Apr. 24, 2015 00:46
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The wall zig zag and climbs up and down with the terrain
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Answered by Shailene | May. 07, 2015 10:38
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It goes in all kinds of directions and ways that it can be longer. If it went straight around, then it wouldn't be as long.
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Answered by Rod Uveges | Aug. 04, 2015 21:22
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It was intended to protect the "China" of each different era or dynasty from the enemies of that time. Thus the wall sometimes duplicates, sometimes expands, and sometimes abandons regions depending in part on the location of the enemies. So it is really many walls that were constructed over thousands of years going back to the 5th century BC to the time of the Warring States.
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