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3000 BCE
Typical Building Style
To start off the timeline, here is the kind of architecture you would expect to see in western civilization around this time period. This example is from Sumer and is from 3100-2300BC. -
2670 BCE
The Step Pyramid
The step pyramid was first built by King Imhotep from 2670-2650BC. -
2560 BCE
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The great pyramid of Giza kicked off the period where architecture started to become more of an art and a way to display a rulers empire, rather than just building for practicality. -
2500 BCE
The Great Sphinx is Built
The Great Sphinx is still one of the most recognizable pieces of architecture that's still standing today. Built around 2500BC ordered by King Khafre. During the time of the new kingdom of Egypt, the Sphinx was known by the Egyptians as Horemakhet (horus of the horizon). -
2300 BCE
The Plano-Convex Brick
This type of brick was the most common kind of brick during this time period and was used up until around 2300BC. They were made out of clay and mud and were left in the sun to dry and harden. -
1800 BCE
Palaces Were Built For Kings To Live In
The king, his whole family, and all his slaves usually all lived in separate rooms inside of one palace. Sumerian palaces were also storehouses for wheat, barley, beer, wine, and cloth. The warehouses held all kinds of things that the kings collected as taxes. -
450 BCE
The Greeks Start Using Columns To Signify Building Type
The Greeks mostly built temples and government buildings in three types of columns: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The first example was when they built the Temple of Hera (queen of the gods) at Olympia -
Period: 447 BCE to 432 BCE
The Parthenon was Built
The Parthenon was started in 447BC. It was a huge building that acted as a bank, storing food, money, hay, wood, etc. for all the Greeks. It was completed in 438BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432BC. -
300 BCE
The Last of the Ziggurats
Starting around 3000BC, Mesopotamian kings began building Ziggurats and continued to build them up to the time of Alexander the Great around 300BC -
150 BCE
Roman Concrete
The Romans liked to build. A huge development they created was their own roman concrete. It was based on a hydraulic setting cement and has a few advantages to normal concrete at that time like its durability, and ease of building due to its incorporation of volcanic ash, which prevents cracks from spreading.
