From Prehistory to Early Christianity and Byzantine

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  • PREHISTORY
    3000 BCE

    PREHISTORY

    STONEHENGE, ENGLAND
    -It was one of the seven wonders of the world
    -Post/Lintel
    -A ceremonial complex
  • ANCIENT EGYPT
    2650 BCE

    ANCIENT EGYPT

    -Old Burrial Site
    -Mastaba
    -Stepped Pyramid
    -Bent Pyramid
    -The Great Pyramid of Giza (KHUFU, KHAFRES, MENKAURES)
  • MESOAMERICA
    1500 BCE

    MESOAMERICA

    OLMEC
    -The mother culture
    -La Venta, Tabasco (religion and jaguars)
    -Colosal, Heads (big lips, weight nose, flat)
  • TEOTIHUACAN
    1000 BCE

    TEOTIHUACAN

    PYRAMID OF THE MOON
    -Central stairway
    -Adobe
    -Stone covered with stucco
    -Stepped pyramid
    -43 m high
  • MAYAS
    500 BCE

    MAYAS

    ARCHITECTURE
    -Temples
    -Palaces
    -Stepped Pyramids
    RELIGION
    -Sun
    -Moon
    -Raind
    ADVANCES
    -Mathematics
    -Calendar
    -Astronomy
  • CHICHEN ITZA
    500 BCE

    CHICHEN ITZA

    -Temple
    -Talud tablero
    -Stepped pyramid
    -24 mt high
  • CLASSICAL
    500 BCE

    CLASSICAL

    From the rise of ancient Greece until the fall of the Roman empire, great building were constructed
  • ROMAN EMPIRE
    500

    ROMAN EMPIRE

    As Rome spread across Europe heavier, stocky, Romanesque architecture with rounded arches.