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37 Cards in this Set
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Catal Huyuk
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- Anatolia, Turkey
- 5700 BCE - No streets, went aroundnof roofs. |
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Stonehenge
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- Salisbury, England
- 1400 BCE |
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Dolmen
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- Stone tomb in Neolithic
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Trabeated
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- Post-and-lintel construction, not using arches.
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Mortise and Tenon
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- Mortise is the socket, tenon is the knob.
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Uruk
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- Sumer, Iraq
- 3000 BCE - White Temple and Ziggurat, 1 step |
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White Temple and Ziggurat
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- Uruk
- 3000 BCE - White coating - 40-foot wall with temple on top |
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Ur
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- Sumer, Iraq
- 2100 BCE - Ziggurat of King Urnammu, multiple-step ziggurat. - Residential quarter with rough orthogonal planning |
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Ziggurat of King Urnammu
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- Ur
- 2100 BCE - Multiple-step ziggurat |
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Giza Mastabas
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- 2888 BCE
- Brick buildings with huge shafts, burial chambers, and grave goods stocks. - Afterlife is key |
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Saqqara
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- Mortuary Complex of King Zoser
- 2630 BCE - Architect was Imhotep - Mastaba-turned-step pyramid. - Walled complex with two temples for upper and lower - Column halls |
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Great Pyramids of Giza
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- 2460 BCE
- Khufu (actual tallest, 482 ft) - Khafre (apparent tallest, 467). Sphinx connected. - Menuare |
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Deir-el-Bahri, Middle Kingdom
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- Mortuary Temple of King Mentuhotep
- 2010 BCE - 2 levels iwth collonades |
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Deir-el-Bahri, New Kingdom
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- Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
- 1458 BCE - Architect was Senmut - Meant for the sun god |
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Karnak
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- Temple of Amun, 1550 su,
- Hypostyle Hall, 1295 BCE - Temple of Khonsu, 1100 BCE |
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Temple of Amun, Karnak
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- Karnak
- 1550 BCE - Thutmosis I and Thutmosis III - Architect was Ineny - Pylons |
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Hypostyle Hall, Karnak
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- Karnak
- 1295 - Built by Sety I and Ramesses II - Clearstory window |
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Temple of Khonsu, Karnak
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- Karnak
- 1100 BCE - Covetto on top of temple - Devoted to moon god |
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Tell El-Amarna
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- Egyptian City
- 1337 BCE - First grid plan |
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Abu Simbel
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- Temple of Ramesses II with huge statues
- 1255 BCE |
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Architrave
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- Ornamental lintels
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Cornice
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- Part of entablature that projects out from wall
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Entablature
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- On top of columns
- Architrave - Frieze -Cornice |
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Pediment
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- Triangle supported by columns
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Knossos, Crete
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- Palace of Minos
- 1380 BCE - Minoan column, bull court, see mountain to north |
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Mycenae, Greece
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- Palace of Mycenae
- 1300 BCE - King's megaron and grave - Massive fortification - Lion's Gate - Beehive Tomb of Atreus, with dromos and corbelled masonry |
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Treasury of Atreus
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- Mycenae, Greece
- 1330 BCE - Beehive tomb, with dromos and corbelled masonry |
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Diryns, Greece
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- Citadel
- 1300 BCE - Cyclopean masonry - King's megaron - Propylon - Many gates |
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Jerusalem, Israel
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- Temple of Solomon
- 953 BCE - Solomonic columns twist |
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Khorsabad, Assyria
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- Citadel of Sargon II
- 706 |
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Babylon, Babylonia
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- Fortress and Ishtar Gate
- 575 BCE - Blue brick and cool animals |
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Persepolis, Persia
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- Palace of Darius, 490 BCE
- Xerxes' Hall of One Hundred Columns, 485 BCE. |
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Propylon
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- Fancy entrance between two columns
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Narthex
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- Right inside the temple entrance, forecourt
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Megaron
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- Held feasts and festivals before Greek Temples
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Dromos
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- Entrance passageway/walls leading to beehive tomb.
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Cyclopean Masonry
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- Unworked
- Mycenae and Diryns - Characteristic of Mycenaean architecture |
