Tallest buildings of the old world in 1884

[wrab]

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[mrnyc]

the five to twenty story tall buildings of shibam aka yemen's "manhattan of the desert" didn't made the chart?



http://www.chris-kutschera.com/A/Shibam.htm

[Trantor]

arent there some really tall pagodas in China and Japan?

[Alpha]

We should also not forget, that there existed already several 100m+-chimneys at those days. The tallest in 1884 was the 138 metres tall chimney at Port Dundas ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Du...wnsend_Chimney ) built in 1859.

[LSyd]

blahblahblah, poster inaccurate, blahblahblah. no ziggurats nor pharos of alexandria that i see, look how inaccurate and biased it is.

cool find. i want that poster.

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[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by LSyd

blahblahblah, poster inaccurate, blahblahblah. no ziggurats nor pharos of alexandria that i see, look how inaccurate and biased it is.

cool find. i want that poster.

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I think someone posted you can buy souvenir copies in DC.