ANCIENT WORLD

ARCHITECTURE

INTRODUCTION
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST KNOWN
STRUCTURES MADE BY HUMANS UP
TO THE SOARING SKYSCRAPERS OF
THE MODERN ERA.
THIS QUICK REVIEW ILLUSTRATES
HOW
EACH
NEW
MOVEMENT
BUILDS ON THE ONE BEFORE.
PERIODS
AND
STYLES
FLOW
TOGETHER.
DATES ARE ALWAYS APPROXIMATE:
ARCHITECTURE IS A FLUID ART.

COMENZAREMOS CON LAS PRIMERAS ESTRUCTURAS CONOCIDAS, HECHAS POR

LOS SERES HUMANOS, A LAS ALTSIMOS RASCACIELOS DE LA ERA MODERNA.
ESTA REVISIN RPIDA ILUSTRA CMO CADA NUEVO MOVIMIENTO SE BASA EN EL
ANTERIOR.
PERODOS Y ESTILOS FLUYEN JUNTOS.
LAS FECHAS SON SIEMPRE APROXIMADAS: ARQUITECTURA ES UN ARTE

QUE FLUYE.

GLOSARY
SKYCRAPERS :
RASCACIELOS

PREHISTORY
ARCHITECTUR
E structures
The first rudimentary

created by man, and thanks to them

we know the first elements used in its
construction

Megalithic constructions

These
structures are
known as
megalithic for
mega = large,
litho = stone.

The MENHIR : also

called monolith is a
large isolated stone
stuck vertically into the
ground . Associated with
ceremonial or
commemorative
activities.

This means, large stone

table
monument consists of
several menhirs on
which other large
stones lie horizontally

Circles formed by
several dolmens and
menhirs .

ANCIENT EGYPT

BACK TO HISTORY
IT LASTED FOR OVER 3000 YEARS FROM 3150 BC TO 30 BC.

IT WAS CONQUERED
BY:
ASSYRIAN
EMPIRED
PERSIAN
EMPIRED
GREECE
ROMANS

KINGDOMS AND PERIODS

THREE MAJOR KINGDOMS

CALLED:
THE OLD KINGDOM
THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
THE NEW KINGDOM.

CULTURE

RICH IN CULTURE INCLUDING:

GOVERNMENT
RELIGION
ARTS
WRITING.

PYRAMIDS AND TREASURE

THE PHARAOHS OF EGYPT WERE OFTEN BURIED IN GIANT PYRAMIDS OR IN

SECRET TOMBS. THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY NEEDED TREASURE TO BE BURIED
WITH THEM TO HELP THEM IN THE AFTERLIFE.

PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT

THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT ARE

ALL VESTIGES LEFT BY THE
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS, THE
MOST
PORTENTOUS
AND
IMPORTANT MONUMENTS OF
THIS CIVILIZATION.

PYRAMID OF
CHEOPS

146 METERS TALL

PYRAMID
KEFREN (THE
GREAT
SPHINX)

143 METERS TALL

PYRAMID OF
MYCERINUS

66.5 METERS TALL