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TOMB OF PERNEB |
Date: 2300BCE
Architect: Egyptians
Importance: mastaba style burial chamber, used to pay tribute to dead rulers. |
Building Type: Mastaba |
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FUNERARY MONUMENT OF QUEEN HATSHEPUT |
Date: 470 BCE
Architect: Egyptians
Importance: Temple - style tomb, had processions of terraces for congregations. Built into Mountain. |
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FUNERARY MONUMENT OF KING ZOSER |
Date: 2600 BCE
Architect: Egyptians
Importance: stepped pyramid tomb. Made up of several mastabas built atop one another. |
ZIGGURAT |
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GREAT PYRAMID AT KHUFU |
Date: 2500 BCE
Architect: Egyptians
Importance: pyramid style burial tomb. Very structurally sound. |
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GREAT TEMPLE OF AMON AT KARNAK |
Date: 1300 BCE Architect: Egyptians Importance: Combination of several temples in one, arranged in straight line path. |
TEMPLE |
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B. LUXOR TEMPLE |
Date: 1400 BCE Architect: Egyptians Importance: religious festivals were held here, a shrine of the kings cult. |
TEMPLE |
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PARTHENON |
Date: 440 BCE Architect: Ictinus & Callicrates Importance: Built for goddess Athena, place of worship. |
TEMPLE |
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TEMPLE OF ATHENA AT NIKE |
Date: 400 CE Architect: Callicrates Importance: place of worship for Athena |
TEMPLE |
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ERECHTHEUM |
Date: 400 BCE Architect: Mnesikles Importance: Temple for Athena and Poseidon. Columns shaped like Athena. |
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PANTHEON |
Date: 126 CE Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus Importance: oculus opening at top of dome helped create calendar. |
TEMPLE |
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MADISON CARREE |
Date: 2 CE Architect: Romans Importance: Built similar to Parthenon but instead of having peripteral Colonnade. Columns are attached to inner wall. |
TEMPLE |
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BOROBDUR, JAVA, INDONESIA |
Date: 800 CE Architect: Gunadharma Importance: world's largest Buddhist temple. |
TEMPLE |
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KANDARIYA MAHADEVA |
Date: 1000 CE Architect: Hindu Importance: Nothern style Buddhist temple, dedicated to Shiva. |
TEMPLE |
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RAJARAJESHVARA |
Date: 1000 CE Architect: unknown Importance: Southern style temple dedicated to Shiva. |
TEMPLE |
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CHAITYA HALL |
Date: 100 BCE Architect: unknown Importance: Built into Mountain, wood timber joinery and masonry construction. |
TEMPLE |
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STOA OF ATTALOS |
Date: 150 BCE Architect: Romans Importance: major commercial building in the Agora. (Shopping) |
STOA |
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BOULEUTERION |
Date: 400 BCE Architect: Greeks Importance: government assembly building. |
BOULEUTERION |
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BATH OF CARACALLA |
Date: 200 CE Architect: Romans Importance: communal area for important wealthy or political figures. |
BATHS |
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FLAVIN'S AMPHITHEATER |
Date: 70 CE Architect: Romans Importance: place where gladiator battles and other events were held for the public, 3 tiers separating social classes. Area under main stage. |
AMPHITHEATER |
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PONT DU GARD |
Date: 50 CE Architect: Romans Importance: Roman aqueduct 3 arches in height. |
INFRASTRUCTURE |
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THEATER OF DIONYSUS |
Date: 350 BCE Architect: Greeks Importance: Built into mountainside, oriented toward city. |
THEATER |
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THEATER OF MARCELLUS |
Date: 13 BCE Architect: Julius Ceasar Importance: held performances of drama and song. |
THEATER |
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PROPYLAEA |
Date: 435 BCE Architect: Mnesikles Importance: monumental, symbolic gateway to religious and non religious parts of the city. |
GATEWAYS |
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ARCH OF TITUS |
Date: 80 CE Architect: Domitian Importance: Triumphal Arch erected to commemorate victories of war. |
GAREWAYS |
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GREAT STUPA AT SANCHI |
Date: 100 BCE Architect: Buddhist Importance: religious place of meditation. |
GATEWAYS |
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DOMUS |
Date: 200 CE Architect: Romans Importance: Housing for upper middle classes |
HOUSING |
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INSULAE |
Date: 200 CE Architect: Romans Importance: Apparent building for lower middle classes |
HOUSING |
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CIRCUS MAXIMUS |
Date: 600 BCE Architect: Romans Importance: Held chariot racing events. |
STADIUM |
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CHURCH OF SAN VITALE |
Date: 550 CE Architect: Roman Importance: octagonal style chapel with highly decorated Christian mosaic artwork. Usually placed over scared burial grounds (Martyr) |
MARTYRIUM |
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GREAT MOSQUE OF DAMASCUS |
Date: 700 CE Architect: Various Importance: Holds head of John the Baptist, built on site of a Christian basilica. |
MOSQUE |
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GREAT MOSQUE OF CORDOBA |
Date: 800 CE Architect: Muslim & Christian Importance: Built a Christian basilica on top of a mosque, contains double height arches in a hypo style hall. |
MOSQUE |
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FRIDAY MOSQUE OF ISFAHAN |
Date: 800 CE Architect: Muslim Importance: integrated with city scape well. |
MOSQUE |
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THE MOSQUE OF SHIEK LOTFOLLAH |
Date: 1600 CE Architect: Ustad Mohammed Reza Isfahani Importance: highly decorated with colorful mosaic art pieces. Not scripture, more artful. |
MOSQUE |
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GREAT MOSQUE OF SAMARRA |
Date: 850 CE Architect: Muslim Importance: congregational mosque style with ramp leading upward spiral around main mosque. |
MOSQUE |
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DOME OF THE ROCK |
Date: 700 CE Architect: Abd al-Malik Importance: Built to help establish an empire for Islam, decorated with mosaics of various motifs and scrolls. |
MOSQUE |
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KA'ABA, MECCA |
Date: 2000 BCE Architect: Muslim Importance: largest congregational site for Muslims in the world. Building mass (Mecca) located in center. |
MOSQUE |
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PERSEPOLIS |
Date: 500 BCE Architect: Greeks Importance: Palace complex used for ceremonial purposes and burial ground to 7 rulers of the a Achanenian Empire. |
PALACE |
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ALHAMBRA PALACE |
Date: 1200 CE Architect: The Nasirid Dynasty Importance: Palace of tranquility with man made streams and fountains of water flowing from all round, with several open air courtyards. |
PALACE |
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GREAT STUPA SANCHI |
Date: 100 BCE Architect: unknown Importance: A solid mass having no interior space, meant to be circulated, a spiritual training center away from the city. |
STUPA |
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BASILICA OF CONSTANTINE |
Date: 300 CE Architect: Maxentius Importance: Government building. |
BASILICA |
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BASILICA OF ST PETER |
Date: 320 CE Architect: Michelangelo Importance: a church for worship, unlike Roman basilicas |
BASILICA |
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HAGIA SOFIA |
Date: 530 CE Architect: Athemius of Tralles Importance: largest domed building, first a Christian Basilica then converted into a mosque. |
BASILICA |
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BASILICA OF ST MARK |
Date: 900 CE Architect: Domenico I Contarini Importance: church of Roman catholics, almost completely gold plated interrior. |
BASILICA |
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CASTRUM |
Date: 200 CE Architect: Romans Importance: Fortified military camp, gridded layout |
PLANNED URBAN CONDITION |
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HIPPODAMIAN CITY |
Date: 450 BCE Architect: Hippodamus Importance: First urban planning gridded systematic layout. |
PLANNED URBAN CONDITION |
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ANGKOR WAT |
Date: 1100 Architect: Surya Varman Importance: Temple complex surrounded by occupy-able walls and different levels of enclosure. |
PLANNED URBAN CONDITION |
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ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS |
Date: 500 BCE Architect: Romans Importance: Built atop mountain, an area for main building structures. Houses Parthenon, the great spiritual core of the city. |
UNPLANNED URBAN CONDITIONS |
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ATHENIAN AGORA |
Date: 600 BCE Architect: Romans Importance: economic hub, public space, at base between mountains |
UNPLANNED URBAN CONDITION |
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CATAL HUYUK |
Date: 7000 BCE Architect: unknown Importance: First ever signs of urban city. |
UNPLANNED URBAN CONDITION |
