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The Truth About the Great Wall of China | Smartest Year Ever (June 9, 2025)
Is the Great Wall of China really the only manmade structure you can see from space? Gordy kicks off Wonders Week with one of the most iconic monuments on Earth—and digs into what’s fact, what’s fiction, and what makes the Wall truly unforgettable. From its 2,000-year history to Ming Dynasty engineering feats, glutinous rice mortar, and its complicated legacy as both a defense system and a symbol of Chinese power, this episode peels back the myths and shows what the Great Wall really was... and wasn't.
All this week, Smartest Year Ever is breaking down the New 7 Wonders of the World—and what makes each one so enduring.
Follow for a new video every day this week.
Sources:
Waldron, A. (1990). The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth. Cambridge University Press.
Man, J. (2008). The Great Wall: The Extraordinary Story of China's Wonder of the World. Da Capo Press.
Lu, B., et al. (2010). Sticky rice mortar: A historical adhesive for stone conservation in the Forbidden City, China. Accounts of Chemical Research, 43(4), 744–752.
NASA Earth Observatory. (n.d.). Can You See the Great Wall of China from Space? https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GreatWall
#GreatWallOfChina #New7Wonders #HistoryMyth #SmartestYearEver #DailyLearning #WondersWeek #AncientChina #Chinahistory #wondersoftheworld #sevenwonders #sevenwondersofthewolrd Music thanks to Zapsplat.
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By GordyIs the Great Wall of China really the only manmade structure you can see from space? Gordy kicks off Wonders Week with one of the most iconic monuments on Earth—and digs into what’s fact, what’s fiction, and what makes the Wall truly unforgettable. From its 2,000-year history to Ming Dynasty engineering feats, glutinous rice mortar, and its complicated legacy as both a defense system and a symbol of Chinese power, this episode peels back the myths and shows what the Great Wall really was... and wasn't.
All this week, Smartest Year Ever is breaking down the New 7 Wonders of the World—and what makes each one so enduring.
Follow for a new video every day this week.
Sources:
Waldron, A. (1990). The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth. Cambridge University Press.
Man, J. (2008). The Great Wall: The Extraordinary Story of China's Wonder of the World. Da Capo Press.
Lu, B., et al. (2010). Sticky rice mortar: A historical adhesive for stone conservation in the Forbidden City, China. Accounts of Chemical Research, 43(4), 744–752.
NASA Earth Observatory. (n.d.). Can You See the Great Wall of China from Space? https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GreatWall
#GreatWallOfChina #New7Wonders #HistoryMyth #SmartestYearEver #DailyLearning #WondersWeek #AncientChina #Chinahistory #wondersoftheworld #sevenwonders #sevenwondersofthewolrd Music thanks to Zapsplat.