Prehistory to persia

  • 60,000 BCE

    Boat

    Boat
  • 40,000 BCE

    Terra Amata France

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

    Newgrange,Ireland

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

    Jeriocho, Jordan

    Jeriocho, Jordan
    Circular building, a new form of mudbrik hauses, conical roofs.
  • 5500 BCE

    Sundried Mudbrik

    Sundried Mudbrik
  • 2900 BCE

    Stone Henge, England

    Stone Henge, England
    Lintel and post construction, mortises and tenons, a sign of the neolithic revolution.
  • 2900 BCE

    Mortise and tenon joint in stones

    Mortise and tenon joint in stones
  • 2560 BCE

    The Great Pyramid of Gyza, Egypt

    The Great Pyramid of Gyza, Egypt
    Built as a tomb for pharaon Khufu.
  • 2300 BCE

    Akkad, Akkadian Empire

    Akkad, Akkadian Empire
  • 2300 BCE

    Sargon I of Akkad

    Sargon I of Akkad
  • 2100 BCE

    Ziggurat at Ur, Iraq

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

    Ur, Sumerian Empire

    Ur, Sumerian Empire
  • 2000 BCE

    Post and beam construction

    Post and beam construction
  • 2000 BCE

    Arched Construction

    Arched Construction
  • 1792 BCE

    Hammurabi, King of Babylonia

    Hammurabi, King of Babylonia
  • 1750 BCE

    Tower of Babel

    Tower of Babel
    Intended to reach heaven, dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Marduk in Babylon.
  • 800 BCE

    City of Khorsabad, Assyrian Empire

    City of Khorsabad, Assyrian Empire
  • 559 BCE

    Nabuchadnezzar II

    Nabuchadnezzar II
  • 486 BCE

    Apadana, Iran

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

    Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Turkey

    Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Turkey
    Buit by Persian empire Alexander the great.
  • 330 BCE

    Persepolis, Persian Empire

    Persepolis, Persian Empire
  • 559

    Ishtar Gate, Iraq

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

    Cuneiform Writing