Greek Architecture

The first settlers of the Greek civilizations built very basic structures. "The houses were mainly built with a circular, oval, apsidal, or rectangular shape." Most of the home in Greece had one room, not very often would one find a house with two rooms. These Structures were made with mud bricks, there would be stone and reeds in the mud of their buildings. source

Greek Architecture( google book source) like most everything deluded over the years. When people from Minoan come to Greece, they built houses with many rooms. However, at this time they didn't build public places. In the classic Greek architecture period they are made out of three orders that you mostly find in the temples. The three orders are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Also, they are known for their columns style. link

The most of Buildings that is best known is the Parthenon and the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, are Doric. "the Greek temple has always been seen as fundamentally distinct from and superior to most other early religious types, partly because of the simplicity of its form, partly because of the exquisite refinement of the best examples, and partly because it is seen to reflect the emergence in Greece of a rational, philosophical approach to art that replaced earlier belief systems. " source


The Greeks had many thing made with Marble. However, they didn't really start to use marble until the 5th cent. B.C. "In addition to temples, the Greeks also built a number of other kinds of structures. Their public spaces included monumental tombs; agoras , in ancient Greece, the public square or marketplace of a city, or public meeting places; stoas stoa, in ancient Greek architecture, an extended, roofed colonnade on a street or square...... Click the link for more information. , or colonnaded shelters; stadiums stadium, racecourse in Greek cities where footraces and other athletic contests took place. Palaestrae, or gymnasiums for athletic training; propylaea, or entrance gateways to cities; and amphitheaters. " The As Greece grew the people built more and more public buildings source

"The Greek culture had a huge impact on on the history of the world. There is something Greek in almost everything, especially in the world's architecture." They have repeated the architecture over and over in many buildings. The white house of the USA is from the basic Greek Architecture.

The greek gods

The Greeks ( google books) were Polytheism, they had many gods and goddesses. The Greeks worshiped their gods a what they call a pantheon. Each one of the gods were the god of something, they had there own power. The Stories or myths of the Greek gods told why things were the way the were, humans, life, the sun."The ancient Greeks viewed their gods as being a large interrelated group or society that had a very complex hierarchical system in which they all functioned collectively" source, Link

Zeus is king of the gods, god of the sky. He was the ruler of all the gods and goddesses.When Zeus would get mad, which happened a lot, he would throw down thunder bolts. Hera was Zeus's wife however, Zeus had many other kids that was not Hera. The Greek gods were very much like humans with super powers, or celebrates. link

"The Greek goddess Athena is usually portrayed as one of the most benevolent goddesses . . .strong, fair, and merciful." Athena is the goddess of wisdom. She was born out of her father Zeus's head. The Greeks loved her so much that they named a city after her, Athens Greece.

Also, she was the goddess of war. Being the god of war she was not in expertise in violence, but more so in disciplined part of war. Source ,link

Hera was the goddess of marriage, the wife to Zeus. She was also Zeus's sister.

Zeus had many kids, however, not with Hera. Naturally this would make any woman mad. Time and time again, Hera tried to get rid of them. google books

The Greek gods are very interesting. They have a lot of human characteristics about them. The people of Greece worshiped their gods in a pantheon. The Greek gods also had favorites humans that they would help out. One can learn a lot about them from the Iliad and the odyssey, which were the great epic poems that were written by homer.link

The Greeks and Egyptians

"The arrival of the Greeks brought an unprecedented amount of change in Egypt as they overlaid the existing society with that of their own." The Greeks and Egyptians influenced each other in many ways. Mostly In the art and architecture, and in religion. Also, they changed each other because of trade. source books.google-source

The Egyptians had a long lasting artistic tradition. The Greeks art the very much so based on their history. However, they used many of the same subjects mostly the same symbols. There art, meant different thing to each other. source google.books source

With Different rulers coming to rule the culture would be the same in some ways. Alexander the III, or Alexander the great took over Egypt and had a influence on them even more so then before. "Greek travelers had actually been visiting Egypt for centuries, many of them setting up trading colonies or acting as mercenaries." source

"Greek temples are most famous part of Greeks architecture. They combine the Greek tradition of the megeron house with the Egyptian temple to make a new simple, and elegant from." The Greeks and Egyptians would combine ideas from one in other. this was easy because the Greeks were working in Egypt from time to time. source

The Egyptians were polytheistic ( they had more then one god, many in fact.) Also, were the Greeks. Then the Greeks come in to their land the Egyptians started worship their god and the Greeks. The Egyptians got ideas from the Greeks, and the Greek did the same as the Egyptians. They could take a idea and build on it and make it better, just as we should to do. source

The New Kingdom Of Egypt

"There was an explosion of creativity, wealth and power in Egypt that would make it the envy of the world. After defeating the Hyksos invaders, successive Pharaohs expanded and maintained their Empire through both force and diplomacy. In the process, they won Egypt vast amounts of gold, influence and respect." The New Kingdom was the most powerful time of ancient Egypt.

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The New Kingdom Started in around1550 and ended around 1069 B.C. From the 17th 17th Dynasty to the 20th Dynasty. The New Kingdom was often referred to as Egyptian Empire. "This is the era in Ancient Egypt with which most of us are familiar because of the famous Pharaohs who reigned during this era"

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In the New Kingdom was the building of the tombs of the "Valley of the Kings".

There were many great Pharaohs like Akhenaten,Tutankamun, Tuthmose and Ramses II also Queen hatshepsut, the first Female Pharaoh. With King Thutmose III as Pharaoh Egypt came to the height of its power. He sent the Military to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea under the Egyptian rule. source

In the time of the new kingdom ancient Egypt. They had many powerful kings. Egypt had taken over many lands around them with there the kings. In this time their military was every good.

"the new kingdom Egypt became a world power." source Google-books

The new kingdom had many great pharaohs and the first female pharaoh. Their legacy was for being every powerful, having a great government. The valley of the gods was in the time of the new kingdom a swell. Then new kingdom is the the era that most people now the most about, because of the famous kings.

book source: World History the Human Odyssey

Jackson J. Spielvogel

The Pennsylvania state University

The Middle Kingdom

The Middle Kingdom was from 2050-1652 B.C. (Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13.)
In this time Egypt began to expaned. "The capital of Egypt was moved from Memphis in lower Egypt to Thebes in upper Egypt." The Egyptian called the Middle Kingdom"The Golden Age" a age of stability. source


In the Old Kingdom the Pharaohs had been seen as a god-king, segregated from his people. In the Middle Kingdom he was seen as a Shepherd for his people. "Under these kings, trade with foreign countries began again, irrigation projects were repaired, and the writing of texts started up from scratch. The power of the king, however, never really returned." source


The Government of the Middle Kingdom was some what based off of the Old Kingdom. However, there were many significant variations. "The Middle Kingdom rulers were able to extend Egypt's inference and Prosperity." Egyptian began to learn more, trade, and just grow as a country. Addition of that, they became a stronger nation, more powerful. It changed the direction of Egypt for the better. source-google books



In the Old Kingdom they started to build amazing pyramids. they all ready had a government set up. however, The Old Kingdom did not insure the growth and survival of Egypt. In The Middle Kingdom the Egyptian really started to grow, become a great nation. The Middle Kingdom was more Superior then the Old kingdom because of this.


The Middle Kingdom, or the golden age had been a period of growth for Egypt. "It came to a end around 1652 B.C with a invasion of Egypt by a group of people from waster Asia known to the Egyptians as the Hyksos." It's true that Egypt had grown for the better. However, that does not mean they were unstoppable. Book source "World Histoy: the Human Odyssey" pg 38

The Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

"The Old Kingdom is often referred to as 'the Age of the Pyramids.' The time period covering the Old Kingdom is 2686 BC - 2181 BC." The Old kingdom is mostly famous for a lot of pyramids that were at this time in history for the burial places of the pharaohs ."The building of pyramids would not have been possible without a flourishing economy and a strong central government" source

In the Old Kingdom, many events had happened. For instance, "the most remarkable change is the transition of Step Pyramids to 'true' pyramids with smooth surfaces." So instead of Pyramids the looked kind of a stair way up to the top. It was smooth or you could say it was flat all the way to the top. source

Also, the First Pyramids was built in Saqqara, Egypt during the The 3rd Dynasty. In the reign of the 4th dynasty, the great pyramid of Egypt were built in Giza. To this day it is still standing as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. "the 4th dynasty has brought about several changes that set it apart from the first three dynasties." source

The Old Kingdom did not insure the growth and survival of Egypt. The Egyptian were are concerned with what was going to happen in there after life than in future generations. They had short life span and so it was very important to have a good after life. they would work for the pharaohs, building the pyramids because they believed that the more you did on this earth for the pharaoh the better your after life would be.

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The legacy of the old kingdom had carried would not be forgotten. The burial custom were generally the same in the subsequent kingdoms of Egypt. The art of the old kingdom, the carving and decoration patterns were relatively the same. The old kingdom was the uprising of Egypt.

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