ANCIENT WORLD WONDERS

• Great Pyramid of Giza - 2584–2561 BC / still in existence / Giza Necropolis, Egypt
• Hanging Gardens of Babylon - c. 600 BC / destructed by an earthquake / Hillah, Babylon Province, Iraq (probably legedary)
• Statue of Zeus at Olympia - 435 BC / destroyed by fire / Olympia, Greece
• Temple of Artemis - c. 550 BC/ rebuilt 3 times, eventually destructed by plundering / Lydians, Greeks / near Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey
• Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - 351 BC / Greeks / destructed by earthquakes / Bodrum, Turkey
• Colossus of Rhodes - 292–280 BC / Greeks/ destructed by an earthquake / Rhodes, Greece
• Lighthouse of Alexandria - c. 280 BC / Greeks / destructed by an earthquake / Alexandria, Egypt

NEW WORLD WONDERS

• Giza Pyramid Complex / Egypt
• Chichen Itza / a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization / Mexico)
• Christ the Redeemer / 1926 / Brazil
• Colosseum / an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome
• Great Wall of China
• Machu Picchu / "Old Peak" / Lost City of the Incas / Peru
• Petra / the Rose city / famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system / Jordan
• Taj Mahal / "crown of palaces" / a white marble mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal / India

ERAS

• Medieval / Middle Ages - 5-15th centuries
• Renaissance - 14-16th centuries
• Tudor - of or relating to the reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I of England, 1485-1558
• Elizabethan - of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I of England, 1558-1603
• Jacobean - of or relating to the reign of James I/VI of England and Scotland, 1603-25
• Stuart - of or relating to the reigns of the Stuart monarchs in England/United Kingdom, 1603-1714
• Baroque - ca. 1600-1700
• Colonial - of or relating to the period of European rule over the American colonies, 1607-1776
• Caroline - of or relating to the reign of Charles of I of England and Scotland, 1625-42
• Louis Quatorze - of or relating to the reign of Louis XIV of France, 1643-1715
• Commonwealth (Interregnum) - of or relating to the rule of Oliver Cromwell over the Commonwealth of England, 1649-60
• Restoration - of or relating to the restoration of the British monarchy and the reign of Charles II, 1660-85
• Georgian - of or relating to the reigns of George I, George II, George III, George IV, and William IV of the United Kingdom, 1714-1837
• Rococo - ca. 1715-60
• Louis Quinze - of or relating to the reign of Louis XV of France, 1715-74
• Louis Seize - of or relating to the reign of Louis XVI of France, 1770-92
• Federal - American cultural era; ca. 1780-1830
• Antebellum - American political/social/economic/cultural era; 1789-1861
• Directoire - of or relating to the Directoire in France, 1795-99
• Consulate - of or relating to the Consulate in France, 1800-04
• Empire - of or relating to the First French Empire, 1804-15
• Regency - of or relating to the British Regency, 1811-20
• Biedermeier - Central European social/cultural era; 1815-48
• Romantic - ca. 1825-40
• Victorian - of or relating to the reign of Victoria of the United Kingdom, 1837-1901
• Second Empire - of or relating to the Second French Empire, 1852-70
• Civil War - of or relating to the American Civil War, 1861-65
• Gilded Age - American social/political/economic/cultural era; ca. 1868-1900
• Belle Epoque - European social/cultural era; late 19th century to 1914
• Edwardian - of or relating to the reign of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, 1901-10, although it is usually extended to 1914