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Paleolithic |
25 million - 10,200 B.C |
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Neolithic |
10,200 - 4000 |
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In-the-round |
Statues that are carved free of any background of block |
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Wattle and daub |
Shelter made of willow or hazelnut sealed with a mixture of water, sand, urine and fecal matter |
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Coursing |
Large stone forming a wall or structure with not cemeny or morter |
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Henge |
Circle of stones or posts often surrounding a ditch with build-up embankment |
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Stonehenge |
Located in southern England early humans may have scattered cremated remains here |
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Post and lintel |
Two uprights (post) support a horizontal element (lintel) |
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Dolmen |
Tomb chamber was formed of huge upright stones supporting one or more table like rocks |
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Stele |
Upright slab stone |
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Ziggurates |
Stepped pyramidal structures with a temple or shrine on the top |
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Cuneiform |
Mesopotamia writing, Latin for wedge shaped |
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Corbel |
Supports for a doorway or arch |
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Gudea |
Ruler of Lagash from 2144 - 2124, he placed votive statues in diorite of himself as the embodiment of just rule |
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Ur |
Capital of Sumeria |
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Bas relief |
Images or words carved lightly into stone |
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Gilgamesh |
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Acropolis |
Citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill |
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Mastaba |
Flat-topped one story structure with slanted walls erected about an underground burial chamber |
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Necropolis |
City of the dead, located at the edge of the desert on the west bank of 5ge Nile where the sun sets |
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Persepolis |
Greek name for the city of Parsa "city of the Persians" |
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Ptolemy |
Greco-roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet |
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Djoser |
Egyptian pharoh of the 3rd dynasty during the old kingdom and commissioned the earliest known monumental architecture in Egypt |
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Osiris |
Egyptian god of the afterlife, underworld and rebirth |
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Hatshepsut |
Wife of Tutmose 2, become regent for his son, declared king by priest |
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Rhyton |
Greek drinking vessel usually having the form of an animals head, hole for drinking at the bottom |
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Entasis |
Greek- slight convex curve in the shaft of a column created a visual illusion that it was straight |
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Sumer |
The earliest known civilization, agriculture, writing, school, and murmurs other inventions |
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Citadel |
A fortress, typically on high ground, greek |
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Ma 'at |
Egyptian concepts of truth, order, balance, harmony, law, morality, and justice |
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Pylon |
Greek upright structure that is used for support or navigational guidance |
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Ka |
Egyptian believed this was your soul |
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Cyclopean Works |
Large stone masonry seen in Mycenaean citadel and tombs |
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Geometric |
Style of art in greece that flourished hetween 900 and 700 BCE |
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Pediment |
Triangular gable found over major architectural elements such as classic Greek particles, Windows and doors |
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Polykleitos |
Greek sculptor the created a Canon for the ideal human with a basic units of mesurments also included symmetria |
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Caryatids |
Female figures acting as columns |
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Kufu |
2nd king of the 4th dynasty in Egypt, builder of the great pyramid |
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Book of the dead |
Collection of spells to be used in the after life, noticeably the judging of one's heart by Osiris |
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Axial rotation |
Rotary motion of an object around it's own axis |
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Ictinus |
Greek architect, known for the Parthenon, temple of mysteries, and temple of Apollo |
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Kallicrates |
Athenian architect who designed the temple of Athena Nike and worked with Iktinos on the Parthenon |
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Parthenon |
Dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena the Virgin, largest Doric temple on Greek mainland |
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Labyrinth |
Complex maze in myth built by Daedauls for King Menes |
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Gilgamesh |
Historical king of Sumeria, major hero in Mesopotamia myth |
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Hammurabi |
Sixth king of the first Babylon dynasty. Created the first set of written laws |
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Darius |
Fourth king of the Persian empire, great leader |
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Classical Greek |
Period between the Persian Wars at the start of fifth century B.C. and Alexanders death, era of war, political reforms |
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Step Pyramid |
Pyramid with distinctly terraced rather than smoothly ascending sides |
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Menes |
First king of unified Egypt, reigned for 62 years killed by an hippo |
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Hypostyle |
Interior space whose roof rest on pillars or columns, allows large spaces without arches |
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Cartouche |
Oval or oblong figure as on Egyptian monuments enclosing characters that represent the name of a sovereign |
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Alexandria |
Founded by Alexander the great, capital city, largest in the known world |
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Tholos |
Beehive tomb in ancient Greek, circular with conical or vaulted roof |
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Minoan |
Civilization during middle bronze age on the island of Crete, unique art and architecture, |
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Phidias |
Greek sculptor, artistic director of the Parthenon, colossal seated Zeus, three Athenian works |
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Acanthus |
Architectural ornament resembling the leaves of a plant by the same name |
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Classical orders |
Doric (Greek mainland,plain unadorned columns) Ionic (Scroll like ordiments, graceful proportions), Corinthian (Most elaborate, carved capital, favoured by Romans) |
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Ashlar |
Egypt, carefully cut and regularly snapped blocks of stone used in construction fitted without mortar |
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Menhir |
Upright monument stone standing either alone or with others, as an alignment found in Cornwall and Brittany |
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Lamassus |
Mesopotamia, Human-headed winged bulls, protective genies used as guardians at certain gates or doorways |
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Zarathustra |
Iranian religious reformer and prophet, traditionally regarded as the founder of Zoroastrianism |
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Alexander ii |
Young king, assassinated during a festival |
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Mummification |
Done primarily in Egypt it is used to preserve a dead body for the afterlife |
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Knossos |
Minoan palace and surrounding city on the Crete island |
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Pericles |
Under his leadershop the golden age of Athenian culture flourished, a brilliant general, orator, patron of the arts and politician |
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Canon of proportion |
Egyptian artists used this as a guide line, 18 units to the hairline or 19 units to the top of the head |
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Athens |
Largest city, beautiful and busy city, famous for study and trade, famous building is the Patheon |
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Crinth |
Surrounded by fertile plains and natural springs, important city, centre of trade, rarly out of the lime light |
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Sparta |
Warrior society, boys were trained at 7, women enjoyed more freedom and education then other Greek women |