For a cultural victory in Civ 5 building monuments is very important. With the building of monuments in the game as well as in India today and throughout history comes an increase of culture, money, and happiness. As the monuments are being built there are more job opportunities and so more money is able to be made, with the increase of money comes an increase of happiness. money also comes from the people that come to see the monuments. One of the seven wonders of the world just so happens to be the Taj Mahal, which was built in India in 1631 and completed in 1653, it took 22 years to be completed, i was built by Shan Jahan and dedicated to his wife Mumtaz Mahal, to symbolize his love for her. there was 20,000 workers and the cost of building the Taj Mahal was 32 core types. Taj Mahal attracts 2-4 million visitors annually with the 200,000 from over seas. For the transportation of the construction materials, more than 1,000 elephants were employed. different types of marbles used in construction of the Taj Mahal were brought over from many different regions & contries: Rajasthan, Punjab, China, Tibet, Afghanistan, Srilanka, & Arabia
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