Prehistory to persia

  • Boat
    60,000 BCE

    Boat

  • Terra Amata France
    40,000 BCE

    Terra Amata France

    A shelter built with basic materials of nature, in response to weather and needs.
  • Newgrange,Ireland
    32,000 BCE

    Newgrange,Ireland

    A place used as tomb, where there are carvings on stones, 19 m of passage, alligned perfectly to winter solstice.
  • Jeriocho, Jordan
    9600 BCE

    Jeriocho, Jordan

    Circular building, a new form of mudbrik hauses, conical roofs.
  • Sundried Mudbrik
    5500 BCE

    Sundried Mudbrik

  • Stone Henge, England
    2900 BCE

    Stone Henge, England

    Lintel and post construction, mortises and tenons, a sign of the neolithic revolution.
  • Mortise and tenon joint in stones
    2900 BCE

    Mortise and tenon joint in stones

  • The Great Pyramid of Gyza, Egypt
    2560 BCE

    The Great Pyramid of Gyza, Egypt

    Built as a tomb for pharaon Khufu.
  • Akkad, Akkadian Empire
    2300 BCE

    Akkad, Akkadian Empire

  • Sargon I of Akkad
    2300 BCE

    Sargon I of Akkad

  • 2100 BCE

    Ziggurat at Ur, Iraq

    Administrative center and shrine, dedicated to a god.
  • Ur, Sumerian Empire
    2000 BCE

    Ur, Sumerian Empire

  • Post and beam construction
    2000 BCE

    Post and beam construction

  • Arched Construction
    2000 BCE

    Arched Construction

  • Hammurabi, King of Babylonia
    1792 BCE

    Hammurabi, King of Babylonia

  • Tower of Babel
    1750 BCE

    Tower of Babel

    Intended to reach heaven, dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Marduk in Babylon.
  • City of Khorsabad, Assyrian Empire
    800 BCE

    City of Khorsabad, Assyrian Empire

  • Nabuchadnezzar II
    559 BCE

    Nabuchadnezzar II

  • Apadana, Iran
    486 BCE

    Apadana, Iran

    Administrative and religious center, in which people pay tribute to the king of the persian empire.
  • Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Turkey
    350 BCE

    Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Turkey

    Buit by Persian empire Alexander the great.
  • Persepolis, Persian Empire
    330 BCE

    Persepolis, Persian Empire

  • Ishtar Gate, Iraq
    559

    Ishtar Gate, Iraq

    To the godess of love, war and fertility, built by the Neo Babylonian empire.
  • Cuneiform Writing

    Cuneiform Writing