World Landmarks and Heritage

The Colosseum was a versatile venue used for gladiatorial contests, animal hunts, executions, and even re-enactments of famous battles or mythological dramas.

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles west of Amesbury and 8 miles north of Salisbury.

The Forbidden City in Beijing served as the imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperors of China from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty.

The Parthenon is located on the Acropolis of Athens, which overlooks the city of Athens, Greece.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still largely intact.

The period before the discovery of the art of writing is called the Prehistoric age. This is so because we do not find evidence of the linguistic development or the use of scripts. In this age, man was a nomad and indulged in hunting and food-gathering. The relics of the hunting and food-gathering humans are available in Bimbetka, Hunasagi and Kurnool in India. There are many other sites in which such relics have been found. Most of these sites have been discovered along the banks of rivers and lakes. Furthermore, since stone tools were essential for the survival of people of that age, they chose areas abundant with stone which could fulfil their needs. Areas where people used stones to create various tools have been thought to be the first industrial sites of human beings.

C. Khartoum

Khartoum State is one of the eighteen states of Sudan. The city is located in the heart of Sudan at the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile, where the two rivers unite to form the River Nile. The confluence of the two rivers creates a unique effect. As they join, each river retains its own color which is the White Nile with its bright whiteness and the Blue Nile with its alluvial brown color. These colors are more visible in the flood season.

According to the Gospels, Jesus was crucified at a site called Golgotha, which means 'place of the skull', located outside Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is considered a holy city to Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike. The city is important to Christians and Jews because many important biblical events are said to have taken place in Jerusalem. During classical antiquity, Jerusalem was considered the center of the world, where God resided.

The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East that includes parts of modern-day Egypt, Israel, Palestine, and Iraq, known for its early agricultural development.

Alexandria was a famous city and port founded by Alexander the Great in Egypt, serving as a crucial link in the trade network between the East and the West.

Akbar's architects turned to the tombs of his Central Asian ancestor, Timur. The central towering dome and the tall gateway (pishtaq) became important aspects of Mughal architecture, first visible in Humayun's tomb. The tomb was placed in the centre of a huge formal Chahar Bagh and built in the tradition known as eight paradises or hasht bihisht a central hall surrounded by eight rooms. The building was constructed with red sandstone, edged with white marble.

The desert scenes for Tatooine in the original 1977 film were filmed on location in Tunisia.

The New Republic Senate was located on the planet Hosnian Prime. It was destroyed by the Starkiller Base weapon in The Force Awakens.