Slide Quiz #1
Terra Amata
Prehistoric
Nice, 380,000 BC
Painted Caves
Prehistoric
Lascaux, 20,000-10,000 BCE
Kerloas Menhir
Prehistoric
Brittany, c. 3500 BCE
Ballykeel Dolmen
Prehistoric
County Armagh, Ireland, 3000 BCE
Ggantija
Prehistoric
Malta, 2900-1400 BCE
Stonehedge
Prehistoric
Amesbury, 2900-1400 BCE
Acropolis
Sumerian
Tepe Gawra, 3800 BCE
White Temple
Sumerian
Uruk, 3500-3000 BCE
Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu
Sumerian
Ur, 2100 BCE
Step Pyramid
Old Kingdom Egypt
Saqqara, 2630 BCE
Bent Pyramid
Old Kingdom Egypt
Dashur, c.2500 BCE
The Pyramids at Giza
Khufu (Giza, 2551-2528 BCE)
Khafre (Giza, 2520- 2494 BCE)
Menkaure (Giza, 2490- 2472)
Old Kingdom Egypt
Tomb of Mentuhotep II
Middle Kingdom Egypt
Deir-el-Bahari, 2061-2010 BCE
Rock-Cut Tombs
Middle Kingdom Egypt
Beni-Hasan, 2000-1900 BCE
Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple
New Kingdom Egypt
Deir-el-Bahari, 1473- 1458 BCE
Palace Complex
Minoan
Knossos c. 1700-1380 BCE
Treasury of Atreus
Mycenean
Mycenae, c. 1330 BCE
Citadel
Mycenean
Mycenae, c. 1600-1250 BCE
Temple of Hera II
Classic Greek
Paestum, 450 BCE
Parthenon
Classic Greek
Athens, 448-432 BCE
Propylaea
Classic Greek
Athens, 437 BCE
Temple of Athena Nike
Classic Greek
Greece, 420s BCE
Erechtheion
Classic Greek
Greece, 421-407 BCE
Sanctuary of Asclepius
Hellenistic Greek
Kos, 300-150 BCE
Theater
Hellenistic Greek
Epidaurus, 350-2nd c. BCE
Portonaccio Temple
Etruscan
Veii, 515-490 BCE
Pont du Gard
Roman
Nimes, 20-16 BCE
Temple of Fortuna Virilis
Roman
Rome, 2nd C. BCE
Pantheon
Roman
Rome, c. 125 CE
Arch of Septimius Severus
Roman
Rome, 2nd C. BCE
Palace of Diocletian
Roman
Split, 305 CE
Baths of Diocletian
Roman
Split, 298-306 CE
Theater of Marcellus
Roman
Rome, 13-11 BCE
Flavian Amphitheater
Roman
Rome, 80 AD
Trajan’s Forum
Roman
Rome, 100-114 CE
Hadrian’s Villa
Roman
Tivoli, 117-138 CE
Great Stupa
Buddhist
Sanchi, 250 BCE- 250 CE
Cave Temples
Buddhist
Karli, 100 BCE
Lingaraja Temple
Hindu
Bhubaneshwar, 1050-1150 CE
Pancha Rathas
Hindu
Mahabalipuram, c. 700 CE
Brihadisvara Temple
Hindu
Tanjavur, c. 110 CE
Meenakshi Temple
Hindu
Madurai, from 700 CE
Angkor Wat
Hindu
Cambodia, c. 1120 CE
Fogong Pagoda
Chinese
Shanxi Province, 1056
Nanchan Monastery
Chinese
Shanxi Province, 782
Jinci Temple Complex
Chinese
Taiyuan 1023-32
Hall of Supreme Harmony
Chinese
Beijing, 15th c.
Horyu-ji Temple Complex
Japanese
Nara, 670-714
Ise Shrine
Japanese
Uji-Yamada, 690-present
Katsura Imperial Palace
Japanese
Kyoto, 1616-60
Sant’Apollinaire Nuvo
Early Christian
Ravenna, c. 490
Old St. Peter’s
Early Christain
Rome. 318-22
Santa Costanza
Early Christian
Rome, c. 350
Sant’ Apollinaire in Classe
Byzantine
Ravenna, c. 490
Hagia Sophia
Byzantine
Constantinople, 532-37
San Vitale
Byzantine
Ravenna, 538-48
San Marco
Byzantine
Venice, 830; rebuilt 1063-89
Church of the Raising of Lazarus
Russian
Kizhi, 1391
St. Basil the Blessed
Russian
Moscow, 1555-60
Dome of the Rock
Islamic
Jerusalem, 687-91
House of the Prophet
Islamic
Medina, c. 622
Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil
Islamic
Samaraa, Iraq, 848-42
Great Mosque
Islamic
Cordoba, Spain, 833-988
Bibi Khanum Mosque
Islamic
Isfahan, Iran, 1611-1630
Masjid-i-Shah
Islamic
Isfahan, Iran, 1611-1630
Friday Mosque
Islamic
Fatehpur Sikri, India, 1568-71
Shazade Mosque
Islamic
Istanbul, 1545-48
Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent
Islamic
Istanbul, 1550-57
Selimiye Mosque
Islamic
Edirne, 1568-75
Taj Mahal
Islamic
Agra, 1631-47
The Alhambra
Islamic
Granada, 13th-14th c.
Jericho
8000 BC
Catal Huyuk
6500-5700 BCE
Athens: the Acropolis and the Agora
Ancient Corinth (10th c. BCE; destroyed 146 BCE)
Assyrian, Khor Sabad
720 BCE
Persian, Persepolis
founded 518 BCE
Rome
8th c. BCE
Pompeii
founded 8th c. BCE; buried 79 CE
Timgad
c. 100 CE
Ancient Corinth
re-founded 44 BCE
Mohenjo Daro
c. 2700 BCE, abandoned c. 15000 BCE
Angkor Wat
Cambodia, c. 1120 CE
Chang’An
6th century CE
Beijing
2400 BCE