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Shang

There is currently no known great monument built by the Shang Dynasty but considering in this Game the Shang tend to represent all the pre medieval dynasties of China, for a proper replacement wonder would have to come from the later chinese dynasties of antiquity. The best choice would no doubt be the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.

Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang

Yamato

The Japanese prior to the introduction of Buddism had built giant keyhole shape burial mounds call Kofun

Diasen Kofun

Goshikizuka Kofun

Mori Shogunzuka Kofun

Kamezuka kofun

Alternatively we can choose the Hōryū-ji temple the oldest suriving buddist temple in Japan. Its Kondō and Pagoda are some of the oldest still standing woden building in existence. They were built between 670 AD to 711 AD when the original temple complex Wakakusa-garan was burned down in 670 AD recorded in the Nihon Shoki, however a dendrochronological analysis of some timbers that were removed from the Kondō during restoration work in the 50's after the Kondō was damaged in a fire in 1949 had discovered that some of the timbers were felled prior to 670, suggesting a possibility that the current kondō was already under construction when the Fire of 670 burned the former Wakakusa-garan down

Hōryū-ji

Ancient Korea

There are two possible choices, with the first being the Tomb of the General, which is thought to be the burial tomb of King Gwanggaeto or his son King Jangsu, who were both kings of the Korean Kingdom of Goguryeo

Janggun-chong

The second choice is the 9-story pagoda of Hwangnyongsa. The temple was built by the Korean Kingdom of Silla between the time peroid of 553 AD tp 644 AD. After the Silla conquest of the Korean Kingdom of Baekje in the 660's the famous 9 story pagoda was added to celebrate Silla victory. The pagoda standing at a height 68 meters for a long time was the tallest structure in East Asia and at the time of its construction was the tallest wooden structure in the world, saddly it was destroyed by the Mongols in 1238 AD and today only its foundation stones remain. The pagoda had a foundation area of 565.2 square meters, had 60 foundation stones and 8 supporting pillars.

Minature reconstruction of Hwangnyongsa Pagoda

Hwangnyongsa Pagoda Minature

Hwangnyongsa picture