First Civilizations: Cities and Public Space
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Arch 150: Appreciation of Architecture I First Civilizations: Cities and Public Space First test opens Tuesday at 6:00 pm • 30 questions, 40 minutes • covers the first 5 lectures and associated readings • available until Thursday at 6:00 pm • study guide available on Canvas 3000 bce (Stonehenge) 4000 bce (Jomon) 7000 bce (Çatal HüyüK) 4000 bce (Ggantija) Early settled cultures 1600 bce 1800 bce 3000 bce 3000 bce 2400 bce Early literate, urban cultures 3000 bc 2400 bc 3500 3000 2000 1000 500 bc ad Uruk, Sumer Ur, Sumer Khorsabad Babylon Jerusalem UruK Ur Persepolis Jerusalem, Canaan Khorsabad, Assyria Babylon, Babylonia Persepolis, Persia (Iran) 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 bc ad 500 Mohenjo-Daro Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan Jerusalem Ur Northern Persian Gulf and the “Fertile Crescent” (ca. 3000 bce) Sumer 3000 bce UruK Ur Akkad 2200 bce Sumer UruK Ur Assyria 700 bce Khorsabad Babylon Jerusalem Ur Khorsabad Babylon Jerusalem Babylonian Empire 560 bce Ur Khorsabad Persian Empire 480 bc Babylon Jerusalem Ur Persepolis City: • large, dense population • ritual centers • system of laws • social classes • excess agricultural production • trade (and weights and measures) • fortifications • sanitation Mari, Sumer (ca. 3000 bce) Writing (Sumer (ca. 3000 bce)) Production (mass-produced pottery, Sumer (ca. 3000 bce)) Artworks, Sumer (ca. 3500 bce) Monumental building (Uruk, Sumer (ca. 3300-3000 bce)) Uruk, Sumer (ca. 3500-500 bce) White Temple, Uruk, Sumer (ca. 3300-3000 bce) White Temple, Uruk, Sumer (ca. 3300-3000 bce) Cone mosaics, Uruk, Sumer (ca. 3000 bce) Ur, Sumer (ca. 2000 bce) Ur, Sumer (ca. 2000 bce) Ur, Sumer (ca. 2000 bce) Ur, Sumer, residential area Ur, Sumer (ca. 2000 bce) Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu, Ur Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu, Ur (ca. 2100 bce) Jerusalem Temple of Jerusalem Ur 1000 bc Exodus ca. 1250 bc (Ramesses II) Tabernacle during the Exodus (ca. 1250 bce) Solomon’s Temple, Jerusalem (ca. 1000 bce) Temple and Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel (ca. 20 bce) Jerusalem, Western Wall of Temple Mount Assyria 700 bce Khorsabad Babylon Jerusalem Ur Khorsabad, Assyria (City of Sargon II) (717-706 bce) Citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Assyria (717-706 bce) Palace Sargon II, Khorsabad, Assyria (717-706 bce) Palace Sargon II, Khorsabad, Assyria (717-706 bce) Khorsabad Babylon Jerusalem Babylonian Empire 560 bce Ur Babylon (ca. 600 bce) Babylon, ziggurat (tower of Babel) (ca. 600 bce) Babylon, Ishtar Gate and Palace of Nebuchadnezzar (ca. 600 bce) Assyrian vs. Babylonian artwork Khorsabad Persian Empire 480 bc Babylon Jerusalem Ur Persepolis Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Palace of Darius I and Xerxes, Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Hall of 100 columns (Xerxes), Persepolis (518 – 460 bce) Hall of 100 columns (Xerxes), Persepolis Indus Valley Civilization 2400-1700 bc Harappa Mohenjo-Daro Mohenjo-Daro (ca. 2500 bce) Mohenjo-Daro Mohenjo-Daro (ca. 2500 bce. Reconstruction by Stanley Melzoff) Mohenjo-Daro streets 30 feet Mohenjo-Daro houses Mohenjo-Daro houses Mohenjo-Daro bath Mohenjo-Daro bath Mohenjo-Daro granary .