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Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal.

In 1612, a prince called Jahan, met a pretty girl who was selling jewels in a market. Mumtaz Mahal was nineteen years old and of Tatar origin. They fell in love and decided to get married.

Sixteen years later, the prince became Shah Jahan, Emperor of India. As Mumtaz Mahal did not want to live like the other eastern women who were submissive and only looked after their children, she gave her husband advice about the administration of the country. She showed great intelligence and determination when she chose to give more money to the poor and less to the rich.

Unfortunately she died when giving birth to her fourteenth child in 1630. Stricken with grief, the Shah ordered the court to mourn for two years.He wanted to abdicate but it was not possible, as his children were too young to take his place as Emperor.

In memory of his wife and as a token of his love, he erected a sort of temple on the bank of the Jumma River in Agra that he called the Taj Mahal. Seventeen years later, the monument,built by twenty thousand workers, was finished. It became Mumtaz Mahal's resting place. Her tomb is situated in the middle of a room magnificently decorated with jewels, pearls, gold and silver, precious stones and rich carpets. The Taj Mahal , with its four minarets and its sixty-five meter high dome, is totally made of white marble , the colour of which changes with the time of the day and the weather.

According to a legend, the Shah wanted to build another Taj Mahal in black marble on the opposite side of the river but he did not have the time to erect it because his son took over his throne. So when he died, he was buried next to his beloved Mumtaz Mahal.

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1. The story takes place in IndonesiaIndiaAustraliaJe ne sais pas.

2. The main characters are Simba and NalanAladin and JasmineJahan and MumtazJe ne sais pas.

3. The prince met his wife in 160216121622Je ne sais pas.

4. She was 20 years old21 years old19 years oldJe ne sais pas when they met.

5. She lived in a TatarGallicVikingJe ne sais pas tribe.

6. She was a very sweet and calmintelligent and determinedkind and happyJe ne sais pas woman.

7. The prince became Emperor in 162816301612Je ne sais pas.

8. She fought in favour of petsthe richpoor peopleJe ne sais pas.

9. The Shah was stricken with grief because his wife had diedhis wife had met another manhis wife wanted a divorceJe ne sais pas

10. He decided that the court would have a partywould go on holidaywould mournJe ne sais pas.

11. They would do this for 2 days2 months2 yearsJe ne sais pas.

12. He could not abdicate because his children were too young to become Emperorhe refused to see his ministershe was too sadJe ne sais pas.

13. Then he decided to build the Petra templeChichén Itzathe Taj MahalJe ne sais pas.

14. The monument was built on the Jummain Agrain AlgeriaJe ne sais pas.

15. It took 70 years17 years40 monthsJe ne sais pas to build it.

16. 25,00036,00020,000Je ne sais pas people worked on the monument.

17. It was made of white marblewhite mudwhite stoneJe ne sais pas.

18. It was decorated with ironblue pearlsprecious stonesJe ne sais pas.

19. Its dome is 65 meters33 meters72 metersJe ne sais pas high.

20. The Shah was buried with his wifehis motherhis brotherJe ne sais pas.