This site shows a map of the land the Han Dynasty controlled. The capital cities are indicated as is the Great Wall.

This photo shows a section of the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu. The Great Wall of China is an amazing man made structure that stretches for nearly 9000 kilometres (5500 miles).

Proof that you can see the Great Wall from space, but you can't see it from the moon.

Extensive examination of the plateaus in China. Includes a look at how plateaus and rivers affect the geography of China.

This site provides a brief overview of the Ming Dynasty.

This resource surveys the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World according to the ancient Greeks. Click the desired Wonder to read about it and view illustrations.

Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is China.

The site from the University of Evansville lists all time periods in ancient Chinese history and gives a brief description and link to that time period.

From Robert Frost's 'Mending Wall' to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall,' humankind erects and maintains real and symbolic barriers to protect and defend opposing stances, beliefs and territories. Examples of real walls in history have been the...

Reference material gives us an overview of the architecture of ancient China, including the Great Wall, Forbidden City and religious temples.

These remarkable feats of design and construction transformed the ways that people travel, communicate and live. For thousands of years, mankind has engineered remarkable structures such as the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of...

Brief look at the geography of China.

Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...

" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....

A relief map from 1912 of China and the Chinese Empire at the time. The map shows mountain systems, basins, deserts, plains, major rivers, coastal features, and islands of the region. The Great Wall of China is shown, as well as major...

A map from 1920 of southern China (China Proper) showing the province borders at the time, including Tibet and Chinese Turkistan, and the frontiers of Mongolia and Manchuria. The map shows provincial capitals and major cities, railways,...

Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...

Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...

North of the Great Wall, the Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan’s legendary capital city, designed by the Mongol ruler’s Chinese advisor Liu Bingzhdong in 1256. Over a surface area of 25,000 ha, the site was a unique...

Mount Wuyi is the most outstanding area for biodiversity conservation in south-east China and a refuge for a large number of ancient, relict species, many of them endemic to China. The serene beauty of the dramatic gorges of the Nine...

CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.

Join Sir Dig-a-Lot and Rohan as they journey on a brief history of the Qin Dynasty.

CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.

CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.