Construction without the use of mortar is called this.
What is ashlar masonry?
100
This large, platform-like, mud brick structure was at the center of all Mesopotamian city states.
What is the ziggurat?
100
The Minoans built a large maze-like palace here, which was said to be the home of the mythical minotaur.
What is Knossos?
100
Roman sculpture can be called this, because it is very realistic.
What is verism or veristic?
100
If a Greek sculpture has a slight smile, it must be from this age.
What is the Archaic age?
200
Artists who painted the Hall of the Bulls used this when they depicted a bull with two visible horns, even though the rest of the body was in profile.
What is twisted perspective?
200
The Standard of Ur was decorated with this very rare and precious bright blue stone from Afghanistan.
What is Lapis Lazuli?
200
Said to have been invented by Polykleitos, this was a pose used in sculpture and thought to be the most ideal way to depict the human form.
What is contrapposto?
200
This is one of the most iconic structures in Rome and was home to the gladiator games.
What is the Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater?
200
This is the most basic form or architecture and was used to create the monumental structure of Stonehenge.
What is post and lintel construction?
300
Historians believe the Venus of Willendorf served this purpose.
What is a fertility image?
300
Arabic for bench, this was an Egyptian burial chamber that was a precursor to the pyramid style tomb.
What is mastaba?
300
In Greek temple orders this is the pointed portion that contains the roof, which is located above the entablature.
What is the pediment?
300
This material was invented by the Romans and essential to Roman architecture, which allowed them to create shapes like arches.
What is concrete?
300
This composite animal with the body of a bull, wings, and the head of a man, guarded the citadel of Sargon II.
What is the Lamassu?
400
The Paleolithic age occurred during prehistory, which means that this did not yet exist.
What is the written word?
400
Historians call the period that Akhenaton ruled Egypt this, which marked a drastic change in religion and artistic aesthetics.
What is the Amarna period?
400
These two terms are the Greek words given to male and female sculptures.
What is Kouros (male) and Kore (female)?
400
This type of temple was created in Rome because they loved the look of surrounding columns like the Greeks had, but materials limited them to create "engaged" columns.
What is a pseudoperipteral temple?
400
The Lion Gate at Mycenae, while decorative, also served this very important architectural function.
What is a relieving triangle?
500
This was the most significant development that allowed early man to develop permanent settlements, and completely changed the way people lived.
What is the development of agriculture?
500
The Stele of Hammurabi contained a legal system written in this early writing style.
What is cuneiform?
500
The Mycenaeans used corbelling to create large bee-hive shaped chambers, like the Treasury of Atreus, called this.
What is a tholos?
500
This type of vault is a series of barrel vaults with the addition of a row of windows.