What are the Seven Man-made Wonders of the World?

Question

Your choice? Which ones would you choose?

Just one bridge.

Answer 1

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Listed in order of their construction, the seven wonders are:

Wonder Date Builder Destroyed Cause
Great Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC Egyptians still standing still standing
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians after 1st century BC earthquake
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Lydians, Greeks 356 BC fire
Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks 5th-6th centuries AD fire
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Carians, Greeks by 1494 AD earthquake
Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic Greece 224 BC earthquake
Lighthouse of Alexandria 3rd century BC Hellenistic Egypt 1303-1480 AD earthquake


Antipater's original list replaced the Lighthouse of Alexandria with the Ishtar Gate. It wasn't until the 6th century AD that the list above was used. Of these wonders, the only one that has survived to the present day is the Great Pyramid of Giza. The existence of the Hanging Gardens has not been definitively proven. Records show that the other five wonders were destroyed by natural disasters. The Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were destroyed by fire, while the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Colossus, and Mausoleum of Maussollos, were destroyed by earthquakes.


[edit] More recent lists
In the tradition of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, many other lists of wonders have been proposed, including both human feats of engineering and wonders of nature. However, these lists are rather informal, and there is no consensus on any particular list.

See also Seven Wonders of the Medieval World


[edit] Modern wonders
The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled another list of wonders of the modern world [2]:

Wonder Date Started Date Finished Locations
Channel Tunnel December 1, 1987 May 6, 1994 Strait of Dover, Europe
CN Tower February 6, 1973 June 26, 1976 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Empire State Building January 22, 1930 May 1, 1931 New York, New York, USA
Golden Gate Bridge January 5, 1933 May 27, 1937 San Francisco Bay, USA
Itaipu Dam January, 1970 May 5, 1984 Paraná River, South America
Netherlands North Sea Protection Works 1953 May 10, 1997 North Sea, Europe
Panama Canal January 1, 1880 January 7, 1914 Isthmus of Panama, Central America


[edit] Tourist travel wonders
The following list of the top seven tourist travel wonders (not including pilgrimages) was compiled by Hillman Wonders:[3]

Great Pyramids of Giza
Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal
Serengeti Migration
Galapagos
Grand Canyon
Machu Picchu

[edit] Natural wonders
Similar to the other lists of wonders, there is no consensus on a list of seven natural wonders of the world, as there has been debate over how large the list should be. One of the many lists was compiled by CNN [4]:

Grand Canyon
Great Barrier Reef
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Mount Everest
Northern Lights
Paricutín volcano
Victoria Falls

[edit] Underwater wonders
This list of underwater wonders is of unknown origin but has been repeated sufficiently often to acquire a degree of notability:[5] [6]

Palau
Belize Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Deep-Sea Vents
Galapagos Islands
Lake Baikal
Northern Red Sea

[edit] New Seven Wonders
In 2006 an initiative was started [1] to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments, including the one ancient wonder still intact, the Great Pyramids of Giza.


[edit] Notes
^ "History of the Seven Wonders", ABC News, October 18, 2006.
^ American Society of Civil Engineers Seven Wonders
^ Hillman Wonders
^ CNN Natural Wonders
^ Underwater Wonders of the World
^ 2nd list of Underwater Wonder

Answer 2

The 7 Man-made wonders of the world are;-

The Empire State Building
The Itaipú Dam
The CN Tower
The Panama Canal
The Channel Tunnel
The North Sea Protection Works
The Golden Gate Bridge

I dont think any of these are wonderful, not compared to the pyramids or Chitzen Itza or the Great Wall of China.

Answer 3

Egyptian Pyramids, The Channel Tunnel, the Great Wall Of China, The Golden Gate Bridge, The Leaning Tower of Pizza,
Mount Rushmore, The Great Hoover Dam

Answer 4

The Great Man-made River
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/man_made_river_libya.htm

The Millau Bridge in France

Answer 5

The 7 Ancient Wonders of the World:

There are also 7 ANCIENT wonders of the world...
However, these are man made.

The Great Pyramid
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Temple of Artemis at Ephasus
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Lighthouse of Alexandria.

The seven wonders of modern world:

Channel Tunnel (England & France)
CN Tower (Toronto)
Empire State Building (New York)
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)
Itaipu Dam (Brazil/Paraguay)
Netherlands North Sea Protection Works (Netherlands)
Panama Canal (Panama)

Answer 6

My choices are:


NUMBER ONE: The wonderful Pyramids of Giza
2) The Great Wall of China
3) The Aztec Temples
4) The Statue of Liberty
5) Taj Mahal
6) The Eiffel Tower
7) The Grand Opera House in Australia

Answer 7

With its bright sandy beaches, soaring hills and picturesque harbour, it's no surprise that Rio de Janeiro is called the "cidade maravilhosa", or marvellous town and with hotelbye you are able to get the chance and visit this unique city. Rio de Janeiro is facing the South Atlantic shore and may be the second-largest town in Brazil. This city is blessed with one of the very lovely natural options for a area in the world. The impressive landscape is one among the reason why that readers chose Rio de Janeiro. All through carnival season, a event that everybody seen, the roads fill with music and ornately costumed dancers attracting tourists from all over the globe.

Answer 8

if you're asking what the 7 man made MODERN wonders of the world are, these are the 7:
1) chunnel
2) CN Tower
3) Empire State Building
4) Golden Gate Bridge
5) Itaipu Dam
6) North Sea Protection Works
7) Panama Canel

if your asking what the 7 man made wonders of the ANCIENT world are here:
1) Pharos of Alexandria
2) Colossus of Rhodes
3) Statue of Zeus
4) Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
5) Temple of Artimus
6) Hanging Gardens of Babylon
7) Pyramids

then again, if your asking if i could choose what the 7 man made wonders of the world could be, i would say

1) Great Wall
2) Chunnel
3) Statue of Zeus
4) Pyramids
5) Hanging Gardens of Babylon
6) Colossus of Rhodes
7) Golden Gate Bridge

Answer 9

1) Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA
2) Millau Viaduct, France
3) Macchu Picchu, Peru
4) Great Wall of China
5) Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
6) Great Pyramid of Giza, Nr Cairo, Egypt
7) Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

It is very hard to keep the list down to seven. I'd like to put Borobudur (Java) somewhere.

Answer 10

My choice?

Gret Wall of China
Panama Canal
Golden Gate Bridge
Titan V Rocket
The Chunnel
Great Eastern Ship
The Pyramids