Jake--Pharos+of+Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria is one of The Seven Wonders Of The World. Since the Roman Empire was so big and very wealthy they had a lot of ships coming in with food and supplies among other things and the lighthouse helped guide them in safely. Since the boats never crashed on rocks or anything Rome always had what they needed, when they needed it. The lighthouse was the very first one ever made. It made the port a lot safer by guiding the boats in with a light. You could see the lights from 31 miles away! The lighthouse served as a beacon of safety for ships entering port. The lighthouse took over 20 years to make because it was so big and complex! It had a base and a tower on top of the base with the light at the top of the tower. The control room was in the center of the base of the lighthouse. It was made on top of 3 marble towers for decoration and the towers probably made it more protected. The whole lighthouse was finished in 280 B.C. after 20 years of working on it. For 1,500 years the lighthouse stood strong but was shaken down by an earthquake in 1375. Within 20 years of the lighthouse falling, Muslims used the ruins to build a military base! It probably wasn’t a good place for a military base though because everyone knew where it was built. The lighthouse stood for over one thousand five hundred years and fell but was still put to good use by the Muslims. Alexander the great commissioned the building of the lighthouse in 260 B.C and it lasted for greater than half of the Roman Empire. The lighthouse of Alexandria is inspiring and will continue to be remembered in history books because of the strength and protection it offered during its fifteen hundred years of existence.

works Cited

Romer, Elizabeth. //7 Wonders Of The World.// New York: Seven Dials, 2007//.// Hallett, Don. //“//The Lighthouse of Alexandria.//” Seven Wonders Of the Ancient World// Oct.27 1995//.// “ The Great Lighthouse Of Alexandria .” //Lighthouse// Accessed On Oct. 23 2010 Lighthouses