Seven Wonders of the World‚ works of art and architecture regarded by ancient Greek and Roman observers as the most extraordinary structures of antiquity. The listing of ancient wonders probably began in ancient Greece in around the 2nd century BC‚ but the Seven Wonders that were most commonly referred to were listed some time after that. All built in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East area‚ some time from around 2600 BC up to about AD 476‚ the Wonders are: (1) The Pyramids of Egypt‚ at
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"Phenomenal Woman‚" by Maya Angelou‚ describes herself from her own point of view. It shows us her strong self-confidence when expressing the way she feels personally about herself. She may lead us to think that she does believe to be unattractive when she describes in the poem‚ "Pretty women wonder where my secret lies" (1). "Men themselves have wondered what they see in me" (30). She shows that even though she is not the cute‚ petite women‚ she is beautiful and can attract attention in any circumstance
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Seven Ancient Wonders of the World 3 The Seven Wonders of the ancient world have many amazed with their beauty‚ size‚ and magnificence. From pyramids‚ to monuments‚ and towering statues these are just few of the wonders that have many puzzled. Most question how it was even possible for the wonders to be constructed with the use of modern machines and tools. Also how do we even know all existed; only one of the seven are still standing. Much of what we know comes from texts left behind by
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The new Seven Wonders of the World were announced in July 2007. They are Taj Mahal of India‚ Christ Redeemer of Brazil‚ the Great Wall of China‚ Roman Colosseum of Italy‚ Petra of Jordan‚ Pyramid at Chichen Itza of Mexico‚ and Machu Picchu of Peru. The sites were selected on the basis of a tally of around 100 million votes cast by people around the world over the Internet and cell-phone text messages. These attractions were on the shortlist of 21 before the announcement of the results in a glittering
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World There are Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. However‚ the list we have today was not established until the end of The Middle Ages. This list includes: the Great Pyramid‚ the Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚ the Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚ the Temple of Diana at Ephesus‚ the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus‚ the Colossus of Rhodes‚ and the Pharos of Alexandria. There have been several different lists over the years that have included different wonders. The Great
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many mythical stories all across different cultures such as Let’s look at all the heroes that are being portrayed on screen like Spider-man who got bitten by an radioactive spider who gave him the powers of speed‚ strength and powers of a spider. Wonder woman knows as Princess Diana of the immortal amazons from Greek mythology .who has superhero powers‚ the lasso of truth along with her also the lasso of truth. .“Tarzan the son of an English nobleman raised by apes in the African jungle. “Like the heroes
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7 Ancient Wonders of the World 1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Located approximately 50km south of Baghdad‚ Iraq on the east bank of the Euphrates River. King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC)‚ grandson of the famous King Hammurabi‚ is credited to have commissioned the construction of the gardens. Although no tablets were found in Babylon referring to the Gardens‚ accountings from the ancient Greek historian‚ Strabo‚ state that the "The Garden is quadrangular‚ and each side is four plethra long
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THE SEVEN WONDERS [pic] PYRAMIDS OF GIZA [pic] HANGING GARDENS [pic] TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS [pic] STATUE OF ZEUS [pic] COLOSSUS [pic] LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA [pic] THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS [pic] The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of king Mausolus. Halicarnassus (Modern Bodrum‚ Turkey) was the capital of a small Mediterranean kingdom. In 377 B.C.‚ Hecatomnus of Mylasa‚ the ruler of this land‚ died and left control of the kingdom to his son‚ Mausolus. Mausolus’
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The Story of Crossing Amongst today’s society there seems to be plenty of judgment. Wherever you go it is quite easy to find someone whom will ask or tell you ‘why are you wearing that shirt’‚ or ‘why do you speak with an accent.’ People do not accept others whom do not fit the stereotypical American. In doing so this creates many cultural differences and problems between ethnicities. Some of these problems most definitely include discrimination which can lead to high self consciousness. Much
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life everybody knows and remember about them‚ for example Superman‚ Wonder Woman‚ and Spiderman. Superman had so many superpowers like super speed‚ x-ray vision‚ super hearing and others. He is so strong that he could stop trains‚ and he could help people from a crash on a plane. Superman is “faster than a speeding bullet‚ more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall building in a single bound” (Wikipedia). Wonder Woman had many superpowers too‚ like super speed‚ super strength‚ and the
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