1. Learning Objectives
Recognize the antiquity of human travel over vast distances on both sea and land.
Understand how these journeys have evolved from trips which were difficult and often dangerous to mass travel for millions today.
Learn about some of the great travelers in history who wrote astonishing accounts of exotic places they had visited.
Discover the many similarities in travel motivations, economic conditions, political situations, attractions, and tourist facilities during the time of the Roman Empire and that of today.

2. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Great Pyramids of Egypt (including Sphinx)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Collosus of Rhodes in the Harbor at Rhodes
Great Lighthouse (Pharos) in Alexandria, Egypt
Temple Artemis at Ephesus
The Great Pyramids of Egypt are the sole remaining wonder.

3. New Wonders of the World
the Great Wall of China
the ancient city of Petra in Jordan
the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro
Machu Picchu in Peru
the Maya ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico
The Colosseum in Rome
India’s Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal.

4. Historic Transportation
Stagecoach Travel
Water Travel
Rail Travel
Automobile and Motor coach Travel
Air Travel
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