2006-09-03 07:37:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The earliest known version of the list was compiled in the 2nd century BC by Antipater of Sidon; it appears to be based on the guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim where sight-seers could typically travel safely. The Seven Wonders were wonders because they were among the most popular destinations; even as early as 1600 BC, tourist graffiti was scrawled on monuments in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings (by which time the Great Sphinx of Giza was already a thousand years old). It is notable that the Seven Wonders sites were all man-made; no natural features were included since they were not popular destinations. With the industrial revolution's impact on the environment and the resulting naturalism of the Romanticism movement, natural features have become tourist destinations in and of themselves and as such new "Seven Wonders" lists have been created that incorporate natural features
2006-09-03 08:22:01 · answer #1 · answered by ryan s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because ancient people were amazed by them and couldn't see them as anything else that the gifts of gods.for common men their existance was inexplicaple especially because they were there for a great deal of time (imagine how an ancient Roman or Greek felt like when he had discovered Egyptian pyramids...it could only have been a work of gods)
2006-09-07 03:47:47 · answer #2 · answered by ellen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They became the seven wonders of the ancient world because each was unique, and because each posed special problems in the building that required new 'technology' (at that time) in order to construct them. Also, because each was spectacular in its own way.
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2006-09-03 16:14:55 · answer #3 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is too wonderful.great building ...people so much attracted to see and know the history of it.
2006-09-04 04:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by sher_2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read your history book
2006-09-03 14:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i wondered about that as well.
2006-09-03 18:25:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They became wonders because people wondered how they were built.
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2006-09-03 14:43:22 · answer #7 · answered by thy1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋