The Great Wall of China is the longest building on earth with a length of 13,170 miles. Made from a combination of brick, stone, wood and other materials, it was originally constructed primarily to serve as a defence against the nomadic invasions from the north that threatened Chinese states / empires.
This question is probably connected to a story in whatever class your in but speaking for my immigrant parents.
They were probably scared crossing and getting caught being here. Keep in mind that many immigrants come here because this country is full of opportunities for a better for people’s future generations. Wherever they came from was keeping them away from that.
<u>Renaissance definition:</u>
- <em>"the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries"</em>
- <em>"a revival of or renewed interest in something renaissance.</em>
I would not call the tech of today a renaissance because the renaissance was something ancient from about 60 centuries before we were born and I believe that simply thinking that technology or iPhones or an iPad could be called a reaissance, is an insult to the people of the Middle Ages.
Resident Johnson's Great Society sought to address many issues in society in the US, but one of the most important was the issue of poverty and inequality in social mobility.