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Every Man-Made Wonder Built in History (BCE-2025)

Watch the story of the rise of every man-made wonder unfold across the globe in this animated data visualization — from ancient wonders like the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge to modern marvels like the Sydney Opera House and Christ the Redeemer. This video features Petra, the Great Wall of China, Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, and 135 other Wonders of the World. Important clarifications: 1. The wonders included in this list were evaluated based on several key factors: • Historical Significance: Pivotal role in events that shaped human history. • Cultural Value: Embodiment of the spirit of an era or heritage of a civilization. • Engineering Innovation: Revolutionary construction techniques ahead of their time. • Global Impact: Profound influence on society, art, or future architecture. • Scale & Uniqueness: Monumental size or a singular masterpiece with no equal. Note: Construction era matters. For instance, a 21st-century Colosseum would not be considered special. 2. Each wonder is categorized by the most defining characteristic: • Historical Wonder: Became a wonder due to Historical Significance. • Cultural Wonder: Became a wonder due to Cultural Value. • Engineering Wonder: Became a wonder due to Engineering Innovation. • Phenomenon: The apex tier. Represents wonders that hold the highest evaluation in all three categories simultaneously. Note: Some wonders can belong to two types at once (e.g., the Eiffel Tower is both engineering and culture). In these cases, the classification reflects the strongest trait, though this is certainly open to debate. 3. The year each wonder appeared is determined by the following principles: • The specific point in time when it acquired its status. Note: For instance, The Genbaku Dome was built in 1915, but received wonder status in 1945. • The year the structure was completed in its current form (partial restorations or reconstructions of lost originals are excluded), provided its wonder lies in this specific appearance. Note: The Great Mosque of Djenne is an exception due to annual Crepissage tradition. • If a completion year is unavailable, the start year of construction is used. Note: Some wonders are exceptions to the rules, and for them, the start year is chosen instead of the completion year. These are usually wonders where the meaning lies primarily in the idea. For instance, the Great Wall of China. • For cities, either the foundation year is used (Venice), or the year of its rise (Singapore) — depending on the context. 4. When a city and the wonders inside it both qualify, the following priority applies: • Single Internal Wonder: If a city contains a specific wonder (e.g., the Great Bath inside Mohenjo-daro), only the one that is considered the greater wonder is selected. • Multiple Internal Wonders: If a city includes more than one wonder (e.g., New York City containing both the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building), the city itself is excluded. Instead, only its internal wonders are included in the list. 5. Location reference Includes the current country (not origin) and nearest city or island. For long structures (e.g., the Trans-Siberian Railway or the Great Man-Made River), the city nearest to the wonder's starting point is indicated. 6. The following types of sites are not included in the final list: • Lesser copies of existing wonders (e.g., Colosseum of El Jem). Note: In rare exceptions, if two wonders in the same thematic area are considered equally profound (e.g., Tikal and Chichen Itza), an exception may be made to include both. • Objects launched into space (e.g., ISS). • Wonders that remain incomplete (e.g., Sagrada Familia). • Sites that do not exceed the list's minimum entry standard. Note: The following sites define the minimum acceptable threshold for inclusion and are the weakest wonders on this list: Kotoku-in, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Kilwa Kisiwani, the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, Shibam, Big Ben, and Mount Rushmore. Exceptions to this threshold rule are Kowloon Walled City, the Berliner Mauer, and the MSG Sphere. All other listed wonders are objectively considered deserved of inclusion. 7. For wonders that were completely destroyed, AI-generated images provide an approximate visualization of how they might look today. Note: Modern reconstructions of a completely lost original are not taken into account. 8. This list does not claim absolute objectivity, as the very definition of a "wonder" is inherently ambiguous. My original dataset included over 250 candidates, requiring a rigorous filtering process to remove weaker entries. Therefore, if you ask "Why is [X] missing?", it is highly likely it was considered but excluded for specific reasons. However, given the complexity of this video, I acknowledge the possibility of unintentional omissions. So please be understanding! The music in the video was generated using Suno AI.