Taj Mahal GiaMariakis
Taj Mahal
Specific purpose: To inform my audience about how and why the Taj Mahal was built.
Central Idea: (SLIDE) The Taj Mahal is a beautiful and timeless creation that took much thought but the history and love that went into it is just as astounding.
Introduction:
Attention Getter: The Taj Mahal is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World not only because of its beauty but because of the amazing history behind it and its construction. When most would give flowers or jewelry to remember the ones the loved when they passed, Shah Jahan gave his wife Mumtaz Mahal a beautiful mausoleum or tomb that would be fit for a God. Incrusted with jewels in white marble it sure is a sight that will take your breath away.
1. The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India (SLIDE) which is in the Northern central of India (SLIDE), is the greatest display of love there has ever been and it is still standing 361 years later. It’s a wonder at the amount of work that Shah Jahan (Mughal emperor of the 17th century) put into this impeccable monument fit for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.
A. Inspiration came from his family combining strength and beauty. All while trying to build this amazing structure on a rivers edge (SLIDE) which was almost impossible at the time but with a new system made it not only possible but it is a system that is still used today.
B. The emperor employed masters of their art in every field; sources claim that elephants carried construction material, while many laborers spent many years at this labor of love, which began in 1632 and was finally completed in 1654.
2. (SLIDE) Mumtaz Mahal was Shah Jahan’s third a final wife, she was also his most deeply loved wife, she was even his best counselor.
A. She was treated with the most affection and respect. After Shan’s other wives bore his children they were only wife by name. Mumtaz and Shah’s love was something that had never been seen before and was not unnoticed.
B. After, her untimely death her last dying wish
Specific purpose: To inform my audience about how and why the Taj Mahal was built.
Central Idea: (SLIDE) The Taj Mahal is a beautiful and timeless creation that took much thought but the history and love that went into it is just as astounding.
Introduction:
Attention Getter: The Taj Mahal is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World not only because of its beauty but because of the amazing history behind it and its construction. When most would give flowers or jewelry to remember the ones the loved when they passed, Shah Jahan gave his wife Mumtaz Mahal a beautiful mausoleum or tomb that would be fit for a God. Incrusted with jewels in white marble it sure is a sight that will take your breath away.
1. The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India (SLIDE) which is in the Northern central of India (SLIDE), is the greatest display of love there has ever been and it is still standing 361 years later. It’s a wonder at the amount of work that Shah Jahan (Mughal emperor of the 17th century) put into this impeccable monument fit for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.
A. Inspiration came from his family combining strength and beauty. All while trying to build this amazing structure on a rivers edge (SLIDE) which was almost impossible at the time but with a new system made it not only possible but it is a system that is still used today.
B. The emperor employed masters of their art in every field; sources claim that elephants carried construction material, while many laborers spent many years at this labor of love, which began in 1632 and was finally completed in 1654.
2. (SLIDE) Mumtaz Mahal was Shah Jahan’s third a final wife, she was also his most deeply loved wife, she was even his best counselor.
A. She was treated with the most affection and respect. After Shan’s other wives bore his children they were only wife by name. Mumtaz and Shah’s love was something that had never been seen before and was not unnoticed.
B. After, her untimely death her last dying wish