A group of tourists regroup outside Borobudur temple in Indonesia.
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I am Stephanie, an 18 year old girl from the USA. One day, I will travel the world.
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→ Submit a place to see, or ask me anything.Borobudu is a Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument was built in the 9th century, and is decorated with over 500 statues of the Buddha. [Map] [Wiki]
![The great wall of China stretches roughly 5,500 miles through the rolling Chinese hillside.
Up until the year 220 BCE, China was controlled by many different states. These states were constantly at war with one another. China was not a unified nation, until in 221 BCE, Qin Shi Huang conquered all the opposing states and united China, establishing the Qin dynasty. He is regarded as the first emperor of China.
Qin Shi Huang saw that many of the states had begun to build feeble walls. Under the Qin reign, these walls were fortified and connected, making one great wall. [Map] [Wiki]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2wdepT2h31ruu4omo1_500.jpg)
The great wall of China stretches roughly 5,500 miles through the rolling Chinese hillside.
Up until the year 220 BCE, China was controlled by many different states. These states were constantly at war with one another. China was not a unified nation, until in 221 BCE, Qin Shi Huang conquered all the opposing states and united China, establishing the Qin dynasty. He is regarded as the first emperor of China.
Qin Shi Huang saw that many of the states had begun to build feeble walls. Under the Qin reign, these walls were fortified and connected, making one great wall. [Map] [Wiki]
In 1631, Shah Jahan was emperor of the great Mughal empire, which spanned roughly the area of what is now India. His third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, died in labor giving birth to their 14th child. Shah Jahan was overcome with grief, and in 1632, ordered the construction of the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum to honor his wife. Today, the Taj Mahal still stands ss a stunning example of Mughal architecture. [Map] [Wiki]
“Petra” by John William Burgon
It seems no work of Man’s creative hand,
by labour wrought as wavering fancy planned;
But from the rock as if by magic grown,
eternal, silent, beautiful, alone!
Not virgin-white like that old Doric shrine,
where erst Athena held her rites divine;
Not saintly-grey, like many a minster fane,
that crowns the hill and consecrates the plain;
But rose-red as if the blush of dawn,
that first beheld them were not yet withdrawn;
The hues of youth upon a brow of woe,
which Man deemed old two thousand years ago,
match me such marvel save in Eastern clime,
a rose-red city half as old as time.
