Mesopotamia ARCHITECTURE

Title With Picture LayoutARCHITECTURE Introduction .. WHAT is Mesopotamia ??
In Greek, Mesopotamia means 'land between the rivers', and the term came to be applied to the land between two
great rivers


Euphrates.
applied to
Lecture 8 Mesopotamia

and Euphrates rivers.
dominant physical feature
rivers?
cultures flourished and
period
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
INFLUENCES … Geographical
• Lack of natural barriers
cities for protection
Historical
- Principles
- Characteristics


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limestone -
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sundried brick •
Fried brick(glased)( ) •


Lecture 8 Mesopotamia
ARCHITECTURE INFLUENCES … Geographical
Historical
- Principles
- Characteristics
: Dome and Vault •
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Historical
- Principles
- Characteristics
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around 4500 BC with the rise of the Sumerian
civilization
of writing
were Kish, Uruk and Ur
• Mud was their building material
• Mud was formed into brick, sun dried and built
into massive walls
monuments of Sumerian cities
Ziggurat of Urnammu, UR ..


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