Architectural Styles
Assyrian
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
2025-612 BCE
- Grand structures
- terraced design
- stone (limestone and alabaster) for important buildings
- intricately carved reliefs depicting mythological, royal or ceremonial themes
- monumental gates
- narrative art
- high relief
- large courtyards & gardens
- water features
- large columned halls
- vibrant decoration (colour glazes)
- advanced drainage,
- Mesopotamia
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Traveller Accommodation examples
- Palaces
- ziggurats
- temples
- entry gates
- fortifications
- watch towers,
- Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh
- Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud
- Ziggurat of Kalhu (Nimrud)
- Temple of Ishtar at Nineveh
- City of Assur,
- Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III at Kalhu (Nimrud)
- Walls of Nineveh
- karu or mabartu (trading posts)
- Caravanserais along trade routes with accommodation
- government lodgings
- food & animal shelters
- texts on cuneiform tablets note inns
- admin/legal records
- travel logs & itineraries
- faciliities in major cities (Nineveh, Ashur, and Nimrud)
- merchant guilds,
- religious pilgrimages
- Karu in Kanesh (modern Kültepe), Purushanda, Durmitta, Alişar Hüyük.
- Mabartum in Yozgat Province, Hattusa.
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