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Background Information Was built and rebuilt by hand out of granite, stone, brick and earth. Time period from 400 B. C.-1600 A.D. Stand 35 feet tall, towers every 100 to 200 yards, and is about 4,600 miles long Longest structure every built Benefits of Building Great Wall Protection- wall prevented nomadic horsemen from invading farms More farmers would stay on farms There were fewer threats on Shihuangdi, ordering soldiers to work on different parts of the wall. As a result soldiers could not band together. Costs of the Great Wall More than 300,000 workers, most drafted against will Constru