7 Wonders of the Medieval Mind

Fifth Grade Social Studies

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• Stonehenge• The Leaning Tower of Pisa• The Coliseum• The Great Wall of China • The Hagia Sophia• The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing• The Catacombs of Kom el Shogafa

Stonehenge

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Stonehenge

• Is located on the Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England.

• It is made up of stone, earth, and wood.

• It dates back from the late Stone Age to the early Bronze Age (3000 BC to 1000BC)

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa

• Located in Pisa, Italy.• It started being built in

1173.• It is eight stories tall,

180ft tall and the diameter for the base is 52ft.

• There is 294 steps in this spiraling stair case tower.

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The Colosseum

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The Colosseum• The Roman emperor

Vespasian (ruled 69-79 A.D.) began construction on it. The Colosseum was completed by his youngest son Domitian.

• It is an elliptical shape, 617 ft long , 512 ft wide, and 157 ft high(three stories).

• It was used for gladiator battles.

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The Great Wall of China

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The Great Wall of China

• This wall was built in the 3rd century B.C. to protect the northern boarders of China.

• There are two measurements of the wall: one being that it is about 1500 miles long the other one was about 4000 miles long.

• The wall started out being called The wall of Qin Shihuangdi then as the Ming dynasty built on it was then called The Ming Walls by the 17th 18th century the Europeans referred to it as Great Wall of China.

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The Hagia Sophia

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The Hagia Sophia

• Its name means Church of Holy Wisdom of God.

• It is a Byzantine architecture.

• It was made between 532 and 537.

• It is found in Istanbul, Turkey.

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The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

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The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

• It is also known as the Porcelain Pagoda of the Grand Bao'en Temple.

• It was built during the 15th century, later to be destroyed between 1850 and 1864.

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The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

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The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa

• It is a 2000 year old burial site.

• It is found in Alexandria, Egypt.

• They were used between the 2nd and 4th century.

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Cites

• http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehenge.html

• http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741500198/Colosseum.html

• http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&display_order=1&content_type_id=54820&mini_id=54814

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