Tishk International University Sulaimani

Engineering Faculty
Architecture Engineering Department

History of Architecture I
Lecture 2 c. Urbanism & Architecture in Mesopotamia
(Assignment: Examples of Mesopotamian Cities)
2nd Grade- Spring Semester 2020-2021
Dr. Saba Sami Al Ali
NAME: shatoo walid
 Due Date of Assignment :
Sunday 28 February 2021 , 2:00 pm
Instructions of Assignment :
- Find – out information about the illustrations in the following
slides and fill the captions of each photo as explained in the
example below. Then resubmit the file in Pdf format with your
name on the cover slide instead of my name .
- Specify the source of your information in each caption
Name of the city :
The date represented in the photo: which part of which millinium??ex. :Mid of the third
millinum
The type of its origin: gradual development or ruler decision?
Most famous ruler : ??? If known.
Location : south mesopotamia ( Babylonian, Sumerian?? or north Assyrian? ?
Main Features: Oval shape or geometric shape ? one center or two? Any apparent features
in map or photo.
Name of the city : Uruk
The date represented in the photo :4th millennium BC
The type of its origin: Mesopotamia
Most famous ruler : : The legendary king Gilgamesh, according to the chronology presented
in the Sumerian King List (henceforth SKL), ruled Uruk in the 27th century BC
Location : Near East Al-Warka, Muthanna Governorate, Iraq
Main Features:A tiling or tessellation of a flat surface is the covering of a plane using one or
Name of the city : borsippa
The date represented in the photo: 1792-50BC
The type of its origin: akkadian
Most famous ruler : hamurabi
Location : south west of Babylon in central Iraq
on the east bank of Babylon
Main Features: isiamic city planning combines
both historical and mythological aspects. It is
commonly belived that the city witnessed the
clash between the prophet Ibrahim and the
pagan king nimrod, according to religious
narratives .
Name of the city : Ashur Qal'at Scherqat
The date represented in the photos: in the 3rd millennium BCE
The type of its origin: assyrain
Most famous ruler : Assyrian King Salmanassar III (854-824 BC)
Location : tigris river in northern mesopotamia
Main Feature :a city-state and trading platform of international importance It also served
as the religious capital of the Assyrians, associated with the god Ashur
Name of the city : Ashur
The date represented in the photo: In the early
spring of 1920 -721 B.C
The type of its origin : Sennacherib
Most famous ruler : King Sargon II
Location : Iraq
Main Features: were donated to The Oriental
Institute by the Department of Antiquities of Iraq
and installed in The Oriental Institute Museum
Name of the city : Dur-Sharrukin
The date represented in the photo : 722 to 705 BC
The Type Of Its Origin :Phoenicia
Most Famous Ruler : Dur-Sharrukin
Location :15 km northeast of Mosul
Main Feature :On 8 March 2015 the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reportedly started
the plunder and demolition of Dur-Sharrukin, according to the Kurdish official from Mosul
Name of the city : Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta
The date represented in the photo :
about 1243–1207
The type of its origin: assur
Most famous ruler : : the Assyrian king
Tukulti-Ninurta I
Location : talul ul aqar in salahal- din
Main Features: new cult center for Ashu
Temple The palace was placed on a
platform, originally about 18m high. All
remains of the palace building on the
platform are lost, although many wall
paintings were found. They show that
the palace was richly decorated. Next to
the palace a second, badly preserved
palace building was found. Perhaps this
was the entrance for a bigger palace
complex, incorporating both palaces
Name of the city : Babylon
The date represented in the photo : 539
BCE
The type of its origin: Sumerian
Most famous ruler : hammurabi
Location : The town of Babylon was
located along the Euphrates River in
present-day Iraq, about 50 miles south
of Baghdad. It was founded around 2300
B.C. by the ancient Akkadian-speaking
people of southern Mesopotamia.
Main Features:the temple lands were
repeatedly expropriated in order to
curtail the economic power of the
priesthoods. Without the income, no
great influence could be exerted on the
decisive official responsibilities. In
addition, the dependent workers were
tied to the temples, which represented
additional economic factors out of
Name of the city : Babylon
The date represented in the photo :
2000-540 BC
Main Features: Babylon was
extensively re-built on an
altogether magnificent scale, the
city becoming at this period both
the most beautiful and the most
prosperous of the ancient world
Name of the city : Babylon city
The date of its appearance : It was founded around 2300 B.C.
Main Features: Cultural
Name of the SITE : Tell Harmal
The date represented in the photos: Tall Harmal is a well-known site. From 1945 until 1963
intensive excavations took place here carried on by Taha Baqir and Muhammed Ali Mustafa
of the Department of Antiquities.
The type of its origin: Old Babylonian of archaeological
Name of the city : tell harmal shaduppum
The date represented in the photo : 1800 bc .was established as early as the late third
millenium BC
The type of its origin: Akkadian
Most famous ruler : Hammurabi
Location : Baghdad governorate
Main Features: early law code was discovered here
Name of the SITEE: The Rise & Fall of the Akkadian Empire
The date represented in the photo : 2700 BC
Location : LAYS ON DIYALA RIVER
Main Features:
● The most obvious thing that the Akkadian empire achieved was being the very first
empire in known history!
● Little actualy know this but the Akkadian empire was the very first civilization to have
Thank you………….