Great Structures of the World, Volume 1World Publishing Company, 1968 - 288 páginas From the Tower of Babel to the U.N. buildings, man's monuments reveal more than mere engineering skill - this book tells not only how these were constructed but also why-becoming, in effect, a brief history of man's efforts to control his environment & to create a better world for himself. |
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THE CHURCH OF SANTA SOPHIA 125 | 9 |
FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I I | 11 |
Mans March to Great Structures | 18 |
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Acropolis appeared archaeologists arches Athenian Athens Babylon base became began bricks built called canal century Ch'in Shih Huang China church civilization Colosseum columns completed construction cubic delta dikes dome dynasties earth east Egypt Egyptian Emperor Empire State Building enormous Euphrates famous feet feudal final floods forces frieze giant Grand Coulee Dam Greek headquarters height Herodotus huge human Inca included irrigation Khufu king known labor Lake land later living Machu Picchu Mahal marble Mesopotamia miles million modern Nabon-idus Netherlands Nile numbers Old Kingdom Period Panama Parthenon Persian polder priests pyramid region remains rivers Roman Rome ruins rulers Santa Sophia sculptures Shah Jahan shrine side statue stone story structures Sumer surviving Taj Mahal temple thousands tion tomb Tower of Babel United Nations Ur-Nammu Wall ziggurat Ziggurat of Ur Zuider Zee