Impressive examples of Roman architecture in the Provinces include the Pont du Gard and Maison Carree in Nimes. The potential of vaults and arches and the use of concrete was explored by the Romans in such buildings as the Collosseum, Pantheon, and the Basilica of Constantine. Roman sculpture sought to create
Gregory Jackson 10/10/2014 Professor Cox HUM-201-10-F14 American monuments that reflect the influence of Roman sculpture and/or architecture Growing up in the Washington D.C Metropolitan area I have seen many different sculptures, buildings, and murals. In addition, the building that reflects the influence of a Roman sculpture the most would have to be the Washington monument, but as a child we called it the upside-down pencil. The Washington Monument is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid shape at the top. The monument was built to commend the first documented President of the United States George Washington. According to nationalparkservice.gov, “The Washington Monument towers above the city that bears his name, serving as an awe-inspiring reminder of George Washington's greatness”.
Mesopotamians wrote down what event happened in cuneiform and wrote the date so they know when it happened. Some extraordinary inventions were the ones the Mesopotamian invented. According to Document 1and 2, both a secondary source, the first document states that Mesopotamia “contributed immensely to industrial technology” by inventing useful objects like the wheel. The second document talks about the ziggurat, a temple built to the gods that looked like huge squares of different size placed on top of each other starting from the largest to the smallest.
The people of Sumeria and the Old Kingdom had developed their labor practices, writing, architecture, schools, law and banking all elements that would provide for a stable and prosperous life. Khafre’s pyramid was erected during a time of social and political peace even though the military was intervening to protect the borders (Stokstad and Cothren 2011, 55). The significance and power of ruling families is shown through the elaborate and colossal tombs that they had fashioned for themselves (Stokstad and Cothren 2011, 55). Wealthy government workers could also afford tombs with intricate carvings and designs (Stokstad and Cothren 2011, 55). On the other hand the Sumerians had begun specialization in labor such as farming, pottery, boats, medicine, cosmetics and construction.
Rome has gained popularity and respect for many of its architectural designs, and accomplishments. Roman engineering has enhanced the development of the Roman Empire over many years. One of the most known, and most admirable was Caesar’s Bridge. For many years, the Rhine River was a stop to Romans, protecting Germanic tribes from Roman expansion. In 65 BC, Julius Caesar led Roman legions in building a bridge, roughly a thousand feet across, and 25 to 30 feet deep.
It contains around 1,300,000 blocks ranging in weight from 2.5 tons to 15 tons and is built on a square base with sides measuring about 230m (775 ft.) covering 13 acreas! Today it is only 137m (455 ft.) high, the 9m (30 ft.) that is missing is due to the theft of the fine quality limestone covering or casing stones, by the Ottoman Turks in the 15 century A.D. to build houses and Mosques in Cairo.
The Mayan calendar begins around 3114 BC, before Maya culture existed, and could measure time well into the future. They wrote detailed histories and used their calendar to predict the future and astrological events. Fray Diego de Landa, second bishop of the Yucat n ordered a mass destruction of Mayan books in 1562 and only three survived. Next we are going into the Post Classic Period. After the Classic period, the Maya migrated to the Yucat n peninsula.
Their bridge are among the first large bridge built,there bridges were build with stones,and the the arch was made with the basic structure for man to make.The oldest stone bridge is in Rome ,Italy which is name Ponte Rotto(mean Broken Bridge).One of the biggest bridge ever build in Rome is called Trajan's bridges it is locate over the Danube ,the bridge was constructed by Apollodorus of Damasccs,located in Vais on la Romaine ,France in the first century. The Colosseum is probably the most famous and oldest landmark in Rome ,the Colosseum was built in the 1st century AD. , the arena could seat 45,000 people.The colosseum host the gladatorial combats, spectacles with wild animals and execution of early Christians. The colosseum went under construction in 69 AD under Emperor Vespasion ,he died before the completion of the new colosseum.His son Titus complete the colosseum in 80AD. The colosseum was built on top of an artifical lake ,that was made and created by Nero in the valley btween Rome's many hills near Donus Aurea palace.The orginal name of the colosseum was know as Flavian Anphitheatre after the family who buil the colosseum until theseven century then the colosseum was rename, because of the colossal statue of Nero that once stood there.The amphitheatre was used for mock sea battles ,animal hunts, reactment of famous battles ,and dramas base on the classical
In fact the building is also known as Sergius and Bacchus Church which was converted to a Mosque following the Ottoman conquest of the city. It remains the oldest surviving Byzantine monument in Istanbul. Due to numerous internal and external alterations as well as natural disasters that have occurred since its construction, severe cracks, especially in its dome and vaults have developed. The building has been subjected to a number of earthquakes of different level of intensities. The side walls, the vaults and the main dome of the building were damaged partly by cracks appeared at the periphery walls of the
The Great Pyramid of Khufu is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built with 2.3 million stone blocks, and its top rose four hundred and eighty feet above the desert. Egyptians were the first to build using stone. They constructed ginormous pyramids and statues such as the Sphinx. Ancient Egyptian inventions include papyrus, sails, bowling, door locks, and a calendar with three hundred and sixty-five days in a year.