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MEGALITH

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  1. Large stones or boulders used in prehistoric archiecture. Literal translaition “great stone”.

Ex. Stone Henge

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CORBEL

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  1. Masonry that projects slightly from a wall and serves as a support
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POST and LINTEL

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  1. Post: an upright structural member; column. Lintel: Any horizontal member that spans an opening.
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What, Where, When ?

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What: Stonehenge

Where: Salisbury, England

When: 2,000-1,4000 BC

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What, When, Where, Who

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White Temple

3000 BCE

Uruk, Mesopotamia (Irag)

Sumerians

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What, when, where, who

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Ur-Nammu Zigguart

2100 BCE

Ur, Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Sumerians

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What, When, Where, Who ?

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Palace of Sargon II

720 BCE

Khorsabad, Assyria (Iraq)

Assyrians

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What, When, Where, Who

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Ishtar Gate

612-539 BCE

Babylon

Neo-Babylonians

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What, When, Where, Who

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Palace of Persepolis

ca. 518 BCE

Persepolis, Persia (Iran)

Persians

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ZIGGURAT

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A stepped pyramid form used in ancient Mesopotamia as the platform for a religious building.

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APADANA

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An audience hall in in Persian palace architecture.

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What, Where, Who, When?

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ZOSER’S FUNERARY COMPLEX

Saqqara, Egypt

Imhotep

ca. 2630 BCE

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What, Who, Where, When?

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GIZA PYRAMIDS

KHUFU,KHAFRE,MENKAURE

ca. 25500-2460 BCE

GIZA,EGYPT

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What, Where, Who, When?

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MENTUHOTEP MORTUARY TEMPLE

Deil-el-Bahari, Egypt

Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II

ca. 2061-2010 BCE

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What, When, Where, Who?

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QUEEN HATSHEPSUT’s TEMPLE

ca. 1473 - 1458 BCE

Deir-el-Bahri, Egypt

Senmut (architect)

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What, When, Where, Who?

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TEMPLE OF AMUN

ca. 1550 BCE

KARNAK, EGYPT

UNKNOWN

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MASTABA

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An Egyptian tomb with a flat top and sloping sides, built over a grave shaft

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MORTUARY TEMPLE

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A temple for offerings and worship of a deceased person, usually a deified king, as distinguished from a cult temple.

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HYPOSTYLE HALL

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A large space with a roof supported by rows of columns. Prevelent in Egyptian and Achaemenid architecture.

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What, When, Where, Who?

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PALACE COMPLEX AT KNOSSOS

ca. 1700-1380

KNOSSOS,CRETE

MINOANS

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What, Where, Who, When?

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TIRYNS

GREECE

ca. 1300 BCE

MYCENAENS

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What, Where, Who, When?

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LION GATE

MYCENAE, GREECE

MYCENEANS

ca. 1300 BCE

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What piece of architecture is this?

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TREASURY OF ATREUS

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What, Where, When, Who?

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TREASURY of ATREUS

MYCENAE, GREECE

ca. 1330 BCE

MYCENEANS

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ASHLAR

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Smooth stone masonry laid so that the joints are visible

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MEGARON

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In Mycenaean architecture, a rectangular room having a central hearth and four columns supporting a roof with an atrium opening.

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CYCLOPEAN

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Walls made without mortar and of very large stones , only minimally shaped.

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What order is this?

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IONIC

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What order is this?

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DORIC

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