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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Table of Figures
INTRODUCTION
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WONDERS OF WORLD
GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA, EGYPT, AROUND 2500 B.C. (Fig. A)
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON, IRAQ, 600 B.C.
TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS, TURKEY, 600-300 B.C. (Fig. B)
STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA, GREECE, 500 B.C. (Fig. C)
MAUSOLEUM OF MAUSSOLLOS, HALICARNASSUS, TURKEY, 353 B.C.
COLOSSUS OF RHODES, GREEK ISLAND OF RHODES, 280 B.C. (Fig. D)
LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, 280 B.C.
CHANNEL TUNNEL, STRAIT OF DOVER, ENGLAND, 1994
CN TOWER, TORONTO (ONTARIO) CANADA, 1976 (Fig. E)
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 1931 (Fig. F)
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, GOLDEN GATE STRAIT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 1937 (Fig. G)
ITAIPU DAM, PARANA RIVER, SOUTH AMERICA, 1984
DELTA WORKS, NETHERLANDS, EUROPE, 1997
PANAMA CANAL, ISTHMUS OF PANAMA, CENTRAL AMERICA, 1914