Discover the ways and whats of ancient architecture.

By:Nicholas Caldwell

The People in Sumeria had different social classes that determined the jobs they had and where and what type of house they lived in. the lower class mainly consisted of farmers lived in small mud-brick homes. These homes belonged to famers and their slaves.

These homes mainly consisted of one floor and had poor ventilation so the people slept and cooked on the roof unless weather conditions occurred they would sleep inside. The homes are made of mud brick or fired brick.

Key Ideas
the homes were made of mud brick
belonged to famers
slept and cooked on roof unless severe weather hit

The middle class homes are similar to the lower class homes, but they are not just little shacks. The buildings consists with multiple rooms and are made of mud brick covered in adobe.
These homes belonged to the middle class workers who had jobs like Artisans, fishermen, and merchants
the homes can vary from having thatch or brick roofs like in the picture has a thatch roof but if it had a brick roof it would be slept on and cooked on like the lower class does.  

Key Notes
-middle class homes are similar to lower class homes but bigger and the homes belonged to artisans, fishers, and merchants

The upper class homes were nothing like the middle or lower class homes, because they were U-shaped and had a private garden in the out cropping and the mud bricks were white washed to look cleaner and doing this made the houses look like the were made out of plaster almost so you could say this was ancient plaster. These homes belonged to Scribes, noblemen and priests and other government workers.

Key ideas
The homes has a court yard with a private garden
is two stories tall
belongs to government workers
U-shaped

Ziggurat
The Mesopotamian place of worship.

The Sumerians were some of the first people to use monumental architecture. At the time the builders did not know how to support such big buildings so these big buildings were solid. to make up for this the builders made very detailed and unique designs on the Ziggurats so there would be a facade of shadows. The Ziggurats were multi tier buildings with stairs coming up to a shrine and thats where the god lived at. The city-states were based around these buildings, because the upper class houses were closest to then and the middle classes were in the middle of town and the lower classes were on the outskirts of the city. 

Key ideas
the beginning of huge structures
place of worship
in the middle of city

A city-state needed walls to survive. The walls were constructed to protect the city, because there were almost no natural barriers in the flood plains. The Massive Walls would surround the whole city. The walls were made of thick and hard mud brick. The gates to the city were made of wood with bronze reinforcements. These walls also had sections were boats could come through but they still had doors to protect from trojan horse like attacks.

Key ideas
Cities main defence
made of wood, bronze, and mud brick
surrounds the city
very thick and strong.

List A-Z
RESEARCH
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-"Mesopotamian art and architechure." www.britannica.com/art/mesopotamain-art. encyclopiadia britannica Inc, 2014. web. 2-11-15
-"Sumerian Homes." history-world.org/Sumerian_houses.htm. history-world, 1995-2006. web. 27-10-15.

This is credible information that was researched and proven correct.