Western Asiatic Architecture can be divided into three tolerably distinct periods :

How can we describe the BABYLONIAN (CHALDAEAN) PERIOD?

Mesopotamia’s history is marked by many important inventions that changed the world, including:

Identify the EMPIRE colored with GREEN on the attached Map of Mesopotamia

TRUE OR FALSE:

The unhealthy exhalations from the vast swamps in Chaldaea, and the swarms of aggressive and venomous insects infesting the entire region during the long summer, rendered the construction of elevated platforms for the towns and palaces not only desirable, but almost essential.

The Persians developed a column because of

_________ is for the most part a high tableland and has been described as a country of sunshine, gardens, and deserts, with a climate ranging from the extremes of heat and cold.

Temples in Mesopotamia were elevated on platforms due to

Mesopotamian Architecture is a conglomeration of

The orientation of the Ziggurat had its _____ oriented towards the cardinal points

What do you call the enclosed space at the top of the Ziggurat in Mesopotamia?

Ziggurats are also called

The system of construction used by the Assyrians

What is the main material used in the buildings of Mesopotamia?

Identify.

The Icon of the Babylonian Architecture being a strong gatehouse with colored glazed bricks

The Hall of Hundred Columns was built by

The "Hanging Gardens" is found in the

Due to generally rainless and bright sunshine climate, which of the following describe Egyptian structures?

This object takes up the shape of human and is used as a coffin

Ancient Egypt was divided into two distinct regions:

Egypt went through darker and less prosperous times known as the

The City of Memphis was formed by King Menos during what period?

It is the soil on the banks of the Nile River

Which is not incorporated on Ancient Egyptian buildings?

Egyptian ornament that symbolizes fertility

From the earliest times, the waters of the Nile, swollen by monsoon rains from Ethiopia, flooded the surrounding valleys every year between June and September of the modern calendar. Since most of the Egyptians were farmers, when Nile was its highest, they were utilised to built pyramids. How did the Egyptians transfer the materials from the production area to the construction?

Characteristic feature of Egyptian external walls

The favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians inlcude the lotus, papyrus and

The famous Pyramids of Egypt are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures and were built as tombs for the Pharaohs. The Rice Terraces of the Philippines are commmonly reffered to by Filipinos as the "Eight Wonder of the World" and was named as World Heritage Site in 1995. How are they similar?

The Egyptian gateway to temples

Pillars that stood in pairs at the front of an Egyptian Temples

In the Egyptian Temples, a pillared hall in which roofs rest on columns

Characteristic wall ornament of the Egyptians

Identify this Egyptian Capital

Which of the following is a Clustered Lotus Egyptian Column?

Identify.

The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes its size, disposition, and magnificence to the work of many kings. Built from the 12th dynasty to the Ptolemaic period.

Which of the following is true about Egyptian Pyramids and Babylonian Ziggurats?

In the pyramid complex, embalmment and interment rites took place in

In the Great Temple of Amon Ra, why are the middle columns of the Hypostyle Hall higher than the others?

The smallest among the Great Pyramids of Gizeh

Huge monoliths, square in plan and tapering to a pyramidal summit

The upright stone slab containing the name of the dead found in the mastaba

Egyptian Architecture was designed principally for

Egyptian system of construction

Identify this part of the pyramid encircled with red lines

It is the very first of any pyramids and was built by master architect, Imhotep during the Old Kingdom's 3rd Dynasty.

Identify this Ancient Egyptian Ornament pattern.

It is a part of an Egyptian temple that has a massive slopping towers fronted by an obelisks (pennon poles).

Tomb serving the nobility rather than the royalty