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Ancient Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Islam
100
A fortress that protects a city from enemies.
What is a citadel.
100
The process and Egyptian practice in which the body of a dead Egyptian is wrapped in bandages to be kept preserved for the afterlife.
What is mummification.
100
Pressing against metal to create a shape on the reverse side.
What is repousse
100
A round eye-like opening design.
What is an oculus.
100
The name given to god by the Muslims.
Who is Allah
200
The belief that each city-state was protected by different Mesopotamian deities.
What is Theocracy
200
The sequence of powerful leaders from the same family.
What is a dynasty
200
A standing statue of a man usually used as grave markers.
What is a kouros.
200
The act of taking something from someone else and using it for ones advantage.
What is appropriation.
200
A person who destroys and does not support religious images of worship.
What is an iconoclast
300
An adornment and form of viewing an animals forelegs or human head or bust.
What are Protomes
300
The ancient Egyptian linen headdress worn by the pharaoh with the Uraeus cobra of kingship on the front.
What is nemes.
300
An open public space used for meetings and as a market place.
What is an agora.
300
A religion that revolves around secret initiatives.
What is a mystery religion
300
A large block figure in Mecca which Muslims face while praying.
What is the kaaba
400
These are the great halls/entrances to Persian palaces.
What is an apadana
400
The room in mastabas that house a statue for the deceased.
What is the serdab
400
A teacher who Greek people pay to teach them philosophy.
What is a sophist.
400
A room with benches where people can talk usually in a semicircular plan.
What is an exedra
400
A niche in the wall of a mosque that is the pointing towards Mecca.
What is a mihrab
500
A building plan in which 1 side leads to the top but does not end in front of any temple doorway and has a 2-3 angular change in direction.
What is bent-axis plan
500
Master builder and the first recorded artist under the rule of the 3rd dynasty.
Who is Imhotep
500
The convex curve in the shaft of a column that makes it appear as a straight column.
What is an entasis
500
The tolerance and open-mindedness of an approach towards differences.
What is eclecticism.
500
A tall slender like tower belonging to a mosque which contains a balcony.
What is a minaret