Things to See in Asia

By: Abbie Bokinskie

Summary of the Book• I read the book the Breadwinner. This book is about a

little Afghan girl named Parvana who lives with her once rich family. Then the Taliban came to power and everything in their lives changed. Her father gets arrested, so she has to cut her hair, change into boys clothes and work in the marketplace. She does this in order to get money for her family since women aren’t allowed to work. A few weeks later, Parvana’s father returns from prison. A few weeks after that, the Taliban conquers and massacres the inhabitants. Since Parvana’s mother is still there, Parvana and her father go back to find her mother.

Burj Khalifa•This is the tallest building in the world standing at 2,717 ft in Dubai.

•It has 160 floors and is the building with the most floors.

•It cost 1.5 billion dollars and 5 years to build it.

•The weight of the tall building is 500,000 tons.

•World's highest restaurant, located on 122nd floor at the height of 1,450 ft.

Great Wall of China•The Great Wall of China is approximately 5,500 miles.

•The Great Wall of China was built during the 3rd century B.C by Emperor Shih Huang-ti.

•It took about 2,000 years to make.

•The Great Wall of China is not a continuous wall, but a series of short walls.

•It is included in Chinese mythology.

Taj Mahal•The construction took twenty two years to complete, and required more than twenty two thousand workers.•The building will appear to be a different color depending on what time of day it is, and whether or not there is a moon at night.•There were more than one thousand elephants that were used just to haul the materials needed.

Tokyo Tower

Fuji Mountain