Mesopotamian Architecture Flashcards
1
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Fertile Crescent; present day Iraq;
From the Greek words mesos and potamas, meaning “middle river.”
Refers to the fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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Mesopotamia
2
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Characterized by monumental temples of sun-dried brick faced with burnt or glazed brick, often built upon the ruins of their predecessors.
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Sumerian (5000-2000 B.C.)
3
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Stepped structures constructed with outside staircases and a temple or shrine at the top for worshipping the gods of nature.
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Ziggurat
Stepped structures
4
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A temple dedicated to the moon god built by the Sumerian ruler, Ur Nammu, and his successors around 2125 B.C.
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Ziggurat of Ur
