First Row -- MODERN ICONS

1. Sears Tower.

2. Niagara Falls.

3. CNN Tower:

4. Arecibo Observatory: Built in a natural sinkhole,
this is the largest radio observatory in the world.

5. Brandenburg Gate

6. Solidarity

7. Caspian Oilfields


Second Row --BRITANNIA ICONS

1. Baths of Minerva: The bath complex at Aqua Suils
was dedicated to Minerva, and contained mosaics of
many other gods, such as Neptune. (used as the Oracle)

2. Villa:

3. Grim's Graves: This flint mine was the source of
trade income and weapons for the Iceni tribes of
East Anglia. (used as Adam Smith's Company)

4. Stonehenge:

5. Cadbury Castle:

6. Shrine:

7. Temple of Mithra: Worship of the Mesopotamian god
Mithra was a popular cult just before Constantine
made Christianity the official religion of the Empire.
It was especially prevalent in military circles. The
largest temple to this god in Britian was located in
Londinium. (used as Shakespeare's theater)

8. Bryn-Celli-Ddu: This passage grave on the Isle of
Angelsey was the center of Druidic resistance to the
Roman advance in Britian. For some reason, the
normally tolerant empire sought to destroy the
Druids to the end. (used as Sun Tsu's Academy)

9. Maiden Castle: This Iron Age earthwork was a
rallying point for the Celtic defenders in the south.
The 2nd legion under Vespasian attacked and destroyed
this fort in the 40s. (used as the Great Wall).

10. The White Horse: Near Uffington lays the immense
outline of a horse etched into the ground. There is
much speculation as to the date of this monument,
but many scholars site the mystical attraction of
the Celtic people to horses as evidence that it
predates the Roman invasion.

11. The Cerne Giant: Another mysterious chalk outline,
some scholars think that this is a representation
of Hercules rather than a Celtic monument.



Third Row --ANCIENT ICONS

1. The Gordian Knot: The greatest puzzle of the
ancient world was found in the city of Gordium -
a knot so complex that whoever solved it would be
the ruler of Asia. Stopping at the city in the midst
of his Anatolian campaign, Alexander cut it in two
with his sword.

2. Zoroastrianism: The prophet Zoroaster espoused
this ancient creed, which was Persia's state religion
before the triumph of Islam. According to its tenets
all life was part of the struggle between a good deity
(Ahura Mazda) and his evil counterpart (Ahriman).
Since it held that men consciously chose the path
they walked, the notion of free will had a profound
place in its doctrines -- as well as in the teachings
of the next sect to arise in the Middle East,
Chrisitianity.

3. Chess: The game of chess was imported from India
to Persia, where it prospered and filtered west to
Europe (the term checkmate is derived from the Persian
phrase "the shah is dead"). The Persians are also
believed to have invented the game of backgammon.

4. Darius' Wall: King Darius carved a monument on a
sheer three-thousand foot rock face near Hamadan,
portraying his defeat of rebellious provinces around
520 B.C. It marked his ascent to the throne and
consolidation of Persian power after the death of
Cyrus' son.

5. Peacock Throne: Sultan Jehan of Mughal India created
this jewelled masterpiece, said to include the Koh-I-Noor
diamond as a peacock eye. It was removed by Persian invaders
in the 18th Century to become the seat of the Qajar shahs
until the revolutions of the early 1900's. At that time
it was valued at over $13 million.

6. The Apadana: Darius founded Persepolis as a ceremonial
capital of the Persian Empire about 510 B.C. The Apadana
was a huge worship hall built to hold over ten thousand
people for the celebrations of the Persian New Year.

7. Cyrus' Tomb: The body of Cyrus the Great, slain in by
the command of an invading Scythian queen, was laid to
rest in Pasargadae, the city he founded. On his tomb is
a simple epitaph: "I am Cyrus, son of Cambyses, who
founded the Empire of Persia, and was King of Asia.
Grudge me not therefore this monument."

8. The Spring of Khosrow: This ninety-foot square carpet
adorned Khosrow I's audience hall in Ctesiphon during the
late 6th century. It was woven of silk, embellished with
gold and silver threads, and studded with precious gems
in imitation of a traditional Persian garden. Invading
Mongols tore it to ribbons in the 13th Century.

9. Petra, the capital of ancient Nabatea, is only
accessible via a narrow canyon road known as the Siq.
Its unique location allowed the city to make to most
of sparse rainfall. The first monument encountered in
the Siq is al-Khazneh, or the Treasury, a majestic
edifice carved into the canyon wall. Although its
actual purpose is long forgotten, legends say it
once held great riches of the empire.

10. Phoenician Legacy: Carthage was founded by the
seafarering nation that ruled the Mediterranean
from the cities of Tyre and Sidon. The most famous
product of the Phoenicians was purple dye from the
murex shell, a color long associated with royalty.


Fourth Row --MISCELLANEOUS ICONS

1. Smolenski Cathedral:

2. Crop Circles:

3. The 13th Tribe: The main source of Jewish
migration to Europe was from the Khazar Empire
in Central Asia. Its trade artifacts have been
found as far away as Eastern Sweden. Ashkenazi
Jews, who had converted the Khazars, were displaced
by steppe raiders into Russia and Hungary.

4. Crystal Palace: The Crystal Palace was built
to celebrate the British Empire in the 1850s. It
was a huge structure of gardens and exhibits from
all points of the globe. Though destroyed by fire
in the 1930s it still remains a symbol of British
Pride.

5. Falling Waters: The visionary architect Frank
Lloyd Wright designed homes and office buildings
with a flair that was not reproduced until decades
after his death. His most well known home is
located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

6. Hawking's Laboratory: Stephen Hawking has
performed experiments into the history and
function of the universe, the high priest in a
religion stretching back to Newton and Copernicus.

7. Henry Ford's Factory: Using mass production
techniques, Henry Ford was able to build a Model
T at lower cost than his rivals, while paying his
workers twice the prevailing wage. Used as King
Richard's Crusade.

8. The Randstad: The urban area around Amsterdam
has addressed the problems of urbanization long
before most other cities in Europe. Used as the
Pyramids.

9. ULTRA Program: The finest mathematicians in
the Free World met at Bletchley Park to break
the codes of Hitler's "undecipherable" Enigma
machine. Their studies paved the way for the
first basic computers. Used as Copernicus.

10. Zoning Ordinances: Used in place of aqueducts.

11. Metro Infrastructure: Used in place of Sewer System.