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Geography

One city sits on two continents 

Istanbul is split by the Bosphorus, with neighbourhoods in both Europe and Asia connected by bridges and a tunnel.

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7 Wonders

The Temple of Artemis was rebuilt three times

The great marble temple at Ephesus was flooded, burned down by an arsonist in 356 BC and rebuilt grander each time. Today a single reassembled column marks the site.

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7 Wonders

The word mausoleum comes from one man's tomb

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built for Mausolus, a Persian satrap, around 350 BC. It was so admired that his name became the general term for any grand tomb.

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