Terminology
The word "city" is derived from which latin word?
What is "civitas?"
Which place is often considered to be the oldest example of a city?
What is Jericho?
The Near East has been given what name because it is where written history began?
What is the "cradle of civilization?"
What did the Nile River along with the path of the sun provide for the Egyptians?
What is an orthogonal grid system?
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What is El Kahun?
What type of covered market was in the ancient city of Ur?
What is "bazaar?"
Which city required the raising of doors, and eventually the construction of new upper levels, to buildings due to the rising of trash in the streets?
What is Ur?
What was the central feature around which houses were arranged?
What is a courtyard?
How did Egyptian cities grow?
What is a planned and organized manner/orthogonally?
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What is Ur?
What is architecture that is built with local materials, traditions, and needs?
What is vernacular?
Which City exemplifies the earliest example of a true street?
What is Khirokitia?
What space did the lower levels of homes in Ur become?
What is burial vaults?
What shape are many of the columns in ancient Egypt?
What is plant shaped/lotus/papyrus?
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What is Luxor?
What word describes a room that is an entryway or transition space in a home or temple?
What is "vestibule?"
Which ancient city was the most populous of its time, its buildings were built wall-to-wall, and were were entered through their roofs?
What is Çatalhöyük?
What was the typical construction material for houses in ancient Mesopotamia?
What is mud-brick?
Processional sequences at Egyptian temples are described as what?
What are journeys?
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What is Jericho?
Which term describes Egyptian walls that angle inwards from a larger base to a narrow top?
What is battered?
Which city is planned orthographically and organized by the citizens' skillsets?
What is El Kahun?
What did the maintenance and protection of the main street by the people of Khirokitia demonstrate?
What is early civic awareness?
Who is the First documented architect?
Who is Imhotep?
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What is King Djoser's Tomb Complex?