Mesopotamia 2 e1493758776310

400,000BC-529BC

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  • 40,000 BCE

    PALEOLITHIC TOOLS

    PALEOLITHIC TOOLS
    Sharp tools to hunt.
    Stone tools.
  • 40,000 BCE

    TERRA AMATA

    TERRA AMATA
    France,utilitarian hut.
  • 10,000 BCE

    JERICHO

    JERICHO
    Jordan, 9m tower, mud brick walls.
    9m high-800m long
    walls to avoid flood.
  • 3500 BCE

    WHEEL

    WHEEL
    Summerians
    Wheels were apparently in use in Mesopotamia by 3500 BCE and possibly as early as 4000 BCE
  • 3200 BCE

    PASSAGE TOMB

    PASSAGE TOMB
    Communal graves for cremated or skeleton remains.
    19m long passage
    76m diameter
    12m high
    "path of solstice sunlight"
  • 3000 BCE

    MORTISE & TENON

    MORTISE & TENON
    The lintel post used to be the method of construction in the ancient culture.
    mortice and tenon connected with tongue & groove
  • 3000 BCE

    STONEHENGE

    STONEHENGE
    The Stone Circle is a masterpiece of engineering, and building it would have taken huge effort from hundreds of well-organised people using only simple tools and technologies.
  • 2584 BCE

    GREAT PYRAMID AT GIZA

    GREAT PYRAMID AT GIZA
    It was built between 2584-2561 Bc for the egiptyan Pharaoh KHUFU.
    it was the talles manmade structure in the world at that time.
  • 2370 BCE

    CUNEIFORM WRITING

    CUNEIFORM WRITING
    Was invented by the Sumerians.
    Cuneiform writing began as a system of pictograms, stemming from an earlier system of shaped tokens used for accounting.
  • 2300 BCE

    ZIGURAT

    ZIGURAT
    Construction of Sumerian and Assyrian origin that consists of a pyramidal and stepped tower with a square base and a terrace, sloping walls supported by buttresses clad in baked brick, culminating in a sanctuary or temple on the summit, which is accessed through a series of ramps.
  • 2300 BCE

    SARGON I

    SARGON I
    He was the creator of the concept"dynasty" when he passed his power to his son Naram Sin.
  • 1792 BCE

    HAMMURABI

    HAMMURABI
    He created the eye for eye code.
    The Hammurabi code had 282 laws.
  • 1792 BCE

    BABYLONIA

    BABYLONIA
    At that time was the most powerful city that the world has ever seen.
    Its population was about 200,000 people.
  • 1300 BCE

    CHARIOT

    CHARIOT
    Chariots were used by armies as transport or mobile archery platforms, for hunting or for racing, and as a conveniently fast way to travel for many ancient people.
    Sumerian technology used mostly by Assyrians.
  • 721 BCE

    CITY OF KHORSABAD

    CITY OF KHORSABAD
    Iraq
    Orthogonal geometry
    series of courts
    winged bulls
  • 605 BCE

    HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

    HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
    Built by Nebuchadnezzar II
    23m
    Exotic flora & fauna.
  • 605 BCE

    BABEL TOWER

    BABEL TOWER
    It was dedicated to Marduk
    90m high
    7 floors
    Zigurat like
  • 562 BCE

    KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR II

    KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR II
    was king of Babylon , the longest and most powerful reign of any monarch in the Neo-Babylonian empire
  • 529 BCE

    ISHTAR GATES

    ISHTAR GATES
    Built by king Nebuchadnezzar II
    1/8 entrances to Babylon
    walls covered with lapizlazuli
  • 351 BCE

    MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS

    MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS
    It was a dumb for the Persian satrap Mausolus.
    41m tall decorated with five sculptures
  • 290 BCE

    LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA

    LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA
    It was built in the island of pharos, stood close to 134 m high.