😎THE NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD😎

GREAT WALL OF CHINA

• Was built 221-206 BC
• Was built by Qin Shihuang
• It is by the border of China
• It was built for border defense
• It took about 200 years to build

PETRA

• It is located in southern Jordan
• It was built by the Nabataeans
• It is a mystery why Petra was built
• It was not recorded when it was built

COLOSSEUM

• It is located in Rome, Italy
• It was built from 70-72 A.D.
• It was built by Emperor Vespasian
• It was built to entertain by watching people fight to the death

MACHU PICCHU PERU

• Was built from (1438–1472)
• Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti
• It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Sacred Valley
• It is a mystery who built Machu Picchu Peru

TAJ MAHAL

• The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653
• The Taj Mahal was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
• The Taj Mahal was built in memory of his third wife Mumtaz Mahal
• The Taj Mahal is in Agra, Uttar Pradesh

CHRIST THE REDEEMER

• It was built by Heitor da Silva and Albert Caquot
• It was not recorded when it was built but it was dedicated October 12 1931
• It was built as a symbol of Brazilian Christianity
• It is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CHICHEN ITZA

• It was built by the Mayan people
• It was built sometime between the 11th and 13th centuries AD
• It was built to provide a living calendar
• It is in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, present day Mexico