ARCH HISTORY Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Square city kind of layered on top of itself

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Çatalhöyük
7,400-6,000 BCE
No architect
Turkey
Neolithic
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2
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Stone circular houses/community, now covered in grass

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Skara Brae
c. 3000 BCE
No architect
Orkney Islands, Scotland
Neolithic
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3
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lobed temple with outer stereobates

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Hagar Qim
c. 3600-2500 BCE
No architect
Malta
Neolithic
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4
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underground burial complex (lobes)

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Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni
c. 3600-2500 BCE 
No architect
Malta
Neolithic
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5
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monolith structure

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Stonehenge
3000-1500 BCE
No architect
Salisbury Plain, England
Neolithic
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6
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mound of dirt, originally manmade hill with temple on top

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White Temple of Anu and its ziggurat
c. 3400-3000 BCE
No Architect 
Uruk
Mesopotamian/Sumerian
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7
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big segmented triangular structure on large complex

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Stepped Pyramid of Djoser
c. 2650 BCE
Architect: Imhotep
Saqqara, Egypt
Old Kingdom Egyptian
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8
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large rectangular temple with alternating hypostyle halls and courts within a larger precinct, includes obelisks and pylons

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Temple of Amun-Ra
c. 1579-1075 BCE 
No architect
Karnak, Egypt
New Kingdom Egyptian
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9
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the one you drew

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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
c. 1480 BCE
Architect: Senenmut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
New Kingdom Egyptian
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10
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talud y tablero pyramid within large courtyard

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Temple of the Feathered Serpent
c. 100 CE
No architect
Teotihuacan, Mexico
Teotihuacan
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11
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really really large stepped pyramid over cave, with courtyard

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Pyramid of the Sun
c. 100 CE 
No architect
Teotihuacan, Mexico
Teotihuacan
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12
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large stepped pyramid in front of mountain, smaller pyramids along avenue

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Pyramid of the Moon
c. 200-400 CE
No Architect
Teotihuacan, Mexico
Teotihuacan
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13
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smaller very stepped pyramid with long temple on top

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Temple of the Inscriptions
c. 680 CE
No architect
Palenque, Mexico
Maya
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14
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snake stairs temple

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El Castillo
c. 890 CE, 
No architect
Chichén Itzá, Mexico
Maya
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15
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dome shaped religious structure for walking

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Great Stupa
Mid-3rd century BCE and c. 150-50 BCE
No architect
Sanchi, India
Buddhist
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16
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temple within hill

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Cave-Temple of Shiva
c. 590 CE
No architect
Elephanta, India
Hindu
17
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labyrinth complex, inverted columns

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Palace Complex, c. 2000-1375 BCE
No architect
Knossos, Crete; Minoan

18
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corbelled gate with significant decoration

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Lion Gate
c. 1300 BCE
No architect
Mycenae, Greece
Mycenaean
19
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pointy round underground tomb with cut out hall approaching it

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Treasury of Atreus
c. 1330-1250 BCE
No architect
Mycenae, Greece
Mycenaean
20
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greek temple with odd number of columns on front, exaggerated doric

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Temple of Hera
c. 550-540 BCE
No architect;
Paestum/Poseidonia, Italy
Archaic Greece
21
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planned city on hill

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Priene, c. 350 BCE, No architect
Priene, Ionian Coast (Turkey)
Greek

22
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temple complex on outcrop within city

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The Acropolis 
c. 459-420 BCE
No architect
Athens, Greece
Classical Greek
23
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THE TEMPLE

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Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos)
447-432 BCE
Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates
Athens, Greece
Classical Greek
24
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multilevel greek temple with the ladies

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The Erechtheion
421-406 BCE
Architect: Mnesicles
Athens, Greece
Classical Greek
25
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greek temple with one column on axis

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Temple of Apollo Epicurius
c. 450-425 BCE
Architect: Iktinos
Bassae, Greece
Classical Greek
26
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horseshoe shaped temple, now in Berlin

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Great Altar of Zeus
c. 181-159 BCE
No architect
Pergamon, Turkey
Hellenistic Greek