I was wondering why things like the Brandenburg gate is a wonder yet something like the Moscow gate(probably not real name) isn’t
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The 7 wonders of the *modern* world is determined by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
The 7 wonders of the *ancient* world are not well defined. There are a few lists out there but the original list was made by scholars in something like 400 BC.
I’ve only ever heard the Brandenburg Gate refereed to as a wonder in Civ 5.
No one else ranks it on any lists.
Anyway, there’s no official methodology. Anyone can make their own list, and lots do. From USA Today to engineering societies to travel experts… it’s completely arbitrary and usually just based on opinion.
The original list of the 7 Wonders of the World came about between the 2nd and 1st Century BC and was solidified by the Renaissance. The earliest reference was written by Diodorus Siculus.
They were the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. A couple of other authors subbed out the Lighthouse and included the Walls of Babylon, and a couple of other changes, but this is the general agreed upon list.
There are multiple lists of the New Seven Wonders including the American Society of Civil Engineers, USA Today, and the New7Wonders campaign from the early 2000s.
There are also lists of the Seven Wonders of the Natural world.
Long story short, something is classified as a Wonder if the group that maintains the list decides it is.
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