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Wed Apr 22 06:39:00 UTC 2009
Identification of the Monuments in the Avalon Hill board game

Green:

  1. Ziggurat of Ur - dedicated to King Ur-Nammu, c. 2100 BC (central stair)
  2. Ishtar Gate - Nebuchadnezzar (605-562 BC), neo-Babylonian (6 creatures)
  3. Gate of Hattushash - Hittite, c. 1300 BC
  4. One of:
  5. One of:
  6. Taj Mahal - Agra, in memory of the wife of Shah Jahan

Orange:

  1. Great Sphinx - by the Pharaoh Khafra, c. 2500 BC
  2. Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara - c. 2650 BC
  3. One of:
  4. One of:
  5. One of:
  6. One of:

Blue:

  1. Eiffel Tower - World's Fair, Paris, 1889
  2. Great Temple at Tenochtitlan - Mexico City
  3. Alcazar at Segovia - Spain, 14th century
  4. Cathedral at Palma - Spain, 14th century
  5. One of:
  6. One of:

Red:

  1. Stone head of Easter Island
  2. One of:
  3. Great Stupa at Sanchi - dedicated to Ashoka, mid-1st century AD (Buddhist)
  4. One of:
  5. Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) - Rome, 70-82 AD
  6. One of:

Purple:

  1. Stonehenge - c. 2000 BC
  2. Temple of Athena Parthenos (Parthenon) - 448-432 BC, Athens, Pericles
  3. One of:
  4. Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem, 690 AD
  5. Krak des Chevaliers - Crusader base, western Syria
  6. Statue of Liberty - World's Fair, New York, 1889

Black:

  1. Pont du Gard - Nimes, France, 1st century BC
  2. One of:
  3. One of:
  4. Gur-i-Amir - tomb of Timur's grandson, 1402
  5. One of: (twin spires)
  6. Houses of Parliament - London

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Rick Heli