WONDERS OF THE WORLD

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Great Wall of China

The Ming dynasty built the Great Wall in the 1400s and 1500s This long stone wall was designed to defend China’s northern border from invasions Today, it is a popular tourist site.

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Great Sphinx, Egypt

The Great Sphinx is the most famous ancient statue in Egypt It was built about 4,500 years ago It is located near Giza, a suburb of Cairo Three of Egypt’s most famous pyramids stand near the sphinx.

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Eiffel Tower, Paris

The Eiffel Tower is the best-known landmark in Paris The tower rises nearly 1,000 feet (300 meters) When it was built in 1889, it was the tallest structure in the world.

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The Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal in India is considered one of the most beautiful

buildings in the world It is covered in white marble and set in a garden with pools of water An emperor began building it in 1632 in memory of his wife, who had died the year before.

including battles to the death between Roman gladiators.

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Fuji, Japan

The most famous mountain in Japan is Fuji It is a dormant

volcano on the island of Honshu Fuji is sacred to many

Japanese

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London, England

London is the capital of the United Kingdom The Thames River, shown here, runs through London

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London Tower Bridge The 244-m (800-ft) Tower Bridge spans the Thames River in London It was the only movable bridge crossing the Thames when it was completed in

1894 Sir Horace Jones designed the bridge, and Sir John Wolfe Barry built

it.Encarta EncyclopediaALLSTOCK, INC./Guy Marche

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Big Ben, London Named after Sir Benjamin Hall, London’s portly commissioner of works, Big Ben is the great bell in the clock tower on the eastern end of the Houses of Parliament in London The booming 13.5-ton bell first rang out in 1859.Encarta EncyclopediaALLSTOCK, INC./Masa Uemura

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Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was one of the first sights to welcome

immigrants arriving in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s The statue, located in New York City, stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor

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Terrorists Destroy World Trade Center A fireball erupts from the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City after a hijacked passenger jet crashed into it on September 11, 2001 Another hijacked jet had crashed into the north tower about 15 minutes earlier Both of the 110-story skyscrapers soon collapsed completely Hijackers crashed a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and

a fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania The terrorist attacks, which killed more than 3,000 people, were the deadliest in United States

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Kuala Lumpur’s urban sprawl extends in all directions from the city’s

downtown core This image shows the Golden Triangle section of the city, where the Petronas Towers dominate the skyline.Encarta EncyclopediaPicture Library Microsoft ® Encarta ® Reference Library 2005 © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved.

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The Seven Wonders of the World were works of art andarchitecture considered by the ancient Greeks and Romans

to be the most fabulous creations of antiquity They werethe Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, theTemple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum ofHalicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos of

Alexandria

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I Temple of Artemis

Temple of Artemis The Temple of Artemis is depicted in a fanciful

reconstruction based on an Italian Renaissance church inthis hand-colored engraving by Dutch artist Maarten vanHeemskerck Built in Ephesus in Asia Minor in 356 bc, theGreek temple was considered to be one of the SevenWonders of the World It was destroyed by the Goths in ad

II Colossus of Rhodes

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Colossus of Rhodes The Colossus of Rhodes, depicted in this hand-coloredengraving by Maarten van Heemskerck, was built about 280

bc Standing 30 m (100 ft) high, it was built to guard theentrance to the harbor at Rhodes The ancient Greeks andRomans considered it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the

World.Encarta EncyclopediaTHE BETTMANN ARCHIVE

III Pharos of Alexandria

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Pharos of Alexandria The Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse, is depicted

in this hand-colored engraving by Maarten van Heemskerck

The lighthouse stood on an island in the harbor of

Alexandria and was over 134 m (440 ft) tall It was

considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the

IV.Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon This hand-colored engraving by 16th century Dutch artistMaarten van Heemskerck depicts the Hanging Gardens ofBabylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Technically, the gardens did not hang, but grew on the roofsand terraces of the royal palace in Babylon Nebuchadnezzar

II, the Chaldean king, probably built the gardens in about

V Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

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Mausoleum of Halicarnassus The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, depicted in this hand-colored engraving by Maarten van Heemskerck, was builtabout 353 bc The mausoleum was a huge marble tomb builtfor King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor It was considered

to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World.Encarta

VI Statue of Zeus

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Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tallStatue of Zeus in about 435 bc The statue, depicted in thisengraving by 16th-century Dutch artist Maarten vanHeemskerck, stood in Olympia and was perhaps the mostfamous sculpture in ancient Greece Phidias made the god’srobe and ornaments from gold and carved the body out ofivory.Encarta EncyclopediaTHE BETTMANN ARCHIVE

VII Pyramids of Egypt

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Pyramids of Egypt

Of the Seven Wonders of the World, the famous pyramids located in Giza, near the city of Cairo, Egypt, are the only ones remaining nearly intact They are depicted here in an engraving by 16th-

century Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck.Encarta EncyclopediaTHE BETTMANN

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