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Machu Picchu
The builders of this ANCIENT INCA
CITY near Cuzco in Peru had very
primitive tools, but they cut and
placed the stones so accurately a
knife wouldn’t slide between them.
The site, possibly a royal estate,
dates to about 1450. It spreads across
700 terraces high in the Andes.

By the way…
In different lights, the
Taj Mahal changes color,
from pink in the morning,
Terraces carved out from to white in the afternoon,
the steep mountainside and golden in moonlight.
were used for farming.

“Taj Mahal” means
“crown of palaces.”

Taj Mahal
It took about 20,000 workers more
than 20 years to build the Taj Mahal,
and 1,000 elephants to transport the
materials. The WHITE MARBLE TOMB
at Agra, in India, was completed in 1643.
It commemorates the Mughal Emperor
Shah Jahan’s wife, Mumtaz Mahal,
who died giving birth to her 14th child.

The mosque’s walls are up to 24 in (61 cm) thick.

Great Mosque of Djenné
The sun-baked mosque at Djenné,
in Mali, West Africa, is the largest
mud-brick building in the world.
An early version, built in 1240,
helped Djenné to become one of
Africa’s most important Islamic
learning centers. The mosque
seen today was built in a year
from 1906, to the same plan as the
old mosque. It is still a respected
RELIGIOUS MONUMENT.

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