Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza was an important city of the Mayan people in the Yucatan area[1] of Mexico. The Mayans started to build it in the sixth[2] century[3], but the city was at its biggest and most important hundreds of years later. At one time there were hundreds of buildings in the city. The biggest is the Temple[4] of Kukulkan in the center[5] of the city. Inside the pyramid there is a second, older temple with stairs[6] down to a room with a ruler’s chair and a statue[7].
Around the Ancient World
The Colosseum
People liked sports in Ancient Rome, and the Colosseum was an important place for them. But these games were very different from sports today. At one time, 50,000 Romans sat in the Colosseum in Rome and watched fight after fight. Some times men fought[8] men; sometimes they fought wild animals. When the Colosseum opened, 11,000 animals died in the first hundred days.
Bridges, Dams, and Canals
Bridges
The Millau Bridge
Drivers[9] between Paris and Spain Know the Millau Bridge in the south of France well. Work started in 2001, and was fast. The bridge opened at the end of 2004. It’s 2,460 meters long and it has seven towers. The top of the towers is 343 metes high.
Dams
The Aswan High Dam
In 1960, Nasser began[10] work on an important new plan[11] for his country. Egyptian workers started to build a new dam[12] across[13] the river Nile. Many people had to leave their homes for this. The work finished in 1972. Now there are is a lot of water from the Nile in a new lake[14], Lake Nasser, behind[15] the Aswan High Dam (121 meters tall and 20 kilometers wide). This lake is almost 500 kilometers long and more than 20 kilometers.
Canals
The Panama Canal
Vasco Nunez de Balbona first had the idea[16] for a Panama Canal about five hundred years ago because this part of Central[17] America, with the Pacific to the west[18] and the Atlantic to the east[19], is not very wide. It was a good idea, but a difficult[20] job. It was not possible for hundreds of years. North American workers started to build the canal in 1904. They finished[21] the 80-kilometer canal ten years later[22].
Statues and Islands
Statues
The Statue of Liberty
The people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1884. It stands now on an island in New York. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi made the statue. The statue is 93 meters tall.
Islands
Venice
One of the world’s most famous cities is not only on one island[23]; it is on about 120 Island. Some people call Venice, in the north-east of Italy, the “City of Water.” There are no big streets, but the city has 150 canals. The longest of these-at only 3 kilometers-is the Grand Canal. In there are 400 bridges.
Works of Rulers and Religion
Rulers’ Buildings
The Alhambra
The Alhambra stands in Granada, in the South of Spain. The Moorish rulers of Granada built the palace between 1238 and 1354. Centuries later, people used the Alhambra for many things. At one time it was a home for Napoleon’s men from France.
Religious Buildings[24]
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Justinian I built one of Istabul’s most important buildings in the sixth century. First, it was a Christian church. When the Ottomans took the city in 1453, ruler Mehmed II gave the city its new name. The church[25] was at that time a Muslim mosque. It had four new towers. Today followers[26] of Islam, Christianity[27], and other religions[28] can visit and enjoy this beautiful building.
Bigger and Taller
The Eiffel Tower
It was the idea of Gustave Eiffel. He finished the tower and showed it to the world in 1889. At the time it was the tallest building in the world-324 meters. The Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris today.
Bigger and Bigger
Crystal Island
In Moscow, builders are working on Crystal Island. At 450 meters tall. It will have 900 apartments, 3,000 hotel rooms, a school for 500 children, movie theaters, place for sports, and more.
Natural Wonders
Rocks
Uluru-Ayers Rock-is the most famous natural place in Australia. It is 348 meters high, 3 kilometers from east to west, and 2 kilometers from north to south. A walk around the bottom of Uluru is more than 8 kilometers.
Wonders in the Night
Visitors to the north of Scandinavia can see the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights. You can see the lights in the north of Alaska, Canada, and Russia, too. The night sky is full of beautiful lines of color-usually green and red, sometimes blue.
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[1]منطقه
[2]ششم
[3]قرن
[4]معبد
[5] مرکز
[6] پلکان
[7] مجسمه
[8]می جنگیدند
[9]راننده
[10] شروع کرد
[11] طرح،نقشه
[12]سد
[13]ازاین طرف به ان طرف
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