The Seven Wonders of the Ancient W

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1、TheSevenWondersoftheAncientWorldTheMapofSevenWondersoftheAncientWorldTheSevenWondersoftheAncientWorldWonderDateBuilderDestroyedCauseTheGreatPyramidofGiza2650-2500BCEgyptiansstillstanding______TheHangingGardensofBabylon600BCBabyloniansafter1stcenturyBCearthquakeTheTempleofArtemisatEphesus550

2、BCLydians,Persians,Greeks356BCfireTheStatueofZeusatOlympia435BCGreeks5th-6thcenturiesADfireTheMausoleumofMausolusatHelicarnassus351BCPersians,Greeksby1494ADearthquakeTheColossusofRhodes292-280BCHellenisticGreece224BCearthquakeTheLighthouseofAlexandria3rdcenturyBCHellenisticEgypt1303-1480ADea

3、rthquakeTheGreatPyramidofGizaTheHangingGardensofBabylonTheTempleofArtemisatEphesusTheStatueofZeusatOlympiaTheMausoleumofMausolusatHalicarnassusTheColossusofRhodesTheLighthouseofAlexandriaThetraditionofbuildingthepyramidsstartedinancientEgypt.ThePyramidsareoneoftheoldeststructuresthatarestill

4、ontheearth.Eachblockweighsasmuchas5elephants.AndmostofthePyramidsare450feethigh!ThePyramidsofGizaaremadeforthedeadbecauseancientpeoplethoughtthatthepeoplethatdiedwouldgotoanotherlifeandiftheygavethemalloftheirimportantthingsthedeadwouldhelpthemandsavethem.ThePyramidsareverybigtriangularshape

5、dstructuresthathavefourflatsidesthatcometogetheratthetipofthePyramid.ThePyramidswereusedfortheKingstombs(Pharaonsarethesamethingsaskings).TheGreatPyramidofGizaThePyramidsbelongtothesevenwondersbecauseofthewaytheyweremade.TheGreatPyramidofGizawasbuiltaround2,560BCasatombfortheEgyptianpharaohK

6、hufu,orCheops.TheHangingGardensofBabylonwereoncelocatedinthepartoftheworldknownasIraq.Theywereactuallyterracedgardens,probablybuiltbythekingNebuchadnezzarIIinthesixthcenturyBC.AccordingtothelegendhebuiltthemtopleasehiswifeSemiaridwhowashomesickforthemountainclimateofhernativeland.[nebju׃kəd´

7、nezə(r)]-NebuchadnezzarTheHangingGardensofBabylonThegardensweren’ttheeasiestthingtosustaininthatpartoftheworld.Babylonwasinadesertwheretherewasverylittlerainfall.EngineershadtocomeupwithawaytoliftwaterupfromthelocalEuphratesRiversoitcouldreachevery