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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Crumbling History by Glenn Greenberg

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 11
Date: December 11, 2015
Article: Crumbling History
Author:  Glenn Greenberg
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1. The Great Wall is 12,000 miles.
2. It took the Chinese 2,000 years to build the Great Wall.
3. The purpose of the Great Wall was to serve as a defense against invaders.
4. 1,220 miles of the Great Wall have disappeared or crumbled away.
5. The tourists are climbing over the "Wild Wall."
6. The Great Wall is disappearing because people from the area are stealing the bricks to build homes.
7. The Chinese Government passed a law in 2006 to save the Great Wall.
8. The problem with the law, that the Chinese Government passed to protect the wall, is not being enforced by local officials.
9. William Lindesay is the founder of International Friends of the Great Wall.

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