Sumerian- White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk, Iraq- ca. 3200-3000 BCE

• Rectangular platform with sloping walls 
• Temple
• only religious people may go to the top

Sumerian- Statuettes of Worshippers, ca. 2700 BCE

• Burried, placed in temple floor

Sumerian- Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu, ca. 2100 BCE

• new mud brick technology 
• more waterproof

Assyrian- Reconstruction of the Citadel of Sargon II, ca. 720-05 BCE

• polytheistic but.. warrior culture 
• create war to expand borders 

Assyrian- Lamassuat the Citadel of Sargon II, ca. 720-05 BCE

• kings head, lions body
• protective 
• 5 legs 

Old Kingdom Egypt- Palette of King Narmer, ca. 3000 BC

• cosmetic - held eyeliner
• 4 panels / registrars 
• pharaoh = power 

Typical Mastaba, ca. 2500 BCE, Saqqara

• rectangular building
• burial place 
• single person or family

Imhotep (Old Kingdom)- Funerary complex of King Zoser (Djoser), Saqqara ca 2500 BCE

• Walls all around
• 13 false doors - 1 real door
• step pyramid 

Old Kingdom - Pyrmids at Giza

• Strength
• immoratility 
• tombs 

Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), Giza,  ca. 2551-28 BCE

• oldest pyramid - center tomb 
• still has limestone cap 
• Menkaura: smallest 
• offste from axis to look larger