Architectural Styles

    Babylonian

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    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

     

    Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire

     

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    1792-539 BCE

    626 BC–539 BC

    • Monumental grandeur
    • stepped towers
    • mud bricks
    • thick walls
    • grid pattern cities
    • defensive walls
    • bas-reliefs
    • inscriptions
    • glazed bricks
    • decorated column capitals,
    • irrigation systems
    • Mesopotamia
    • Syria
    • Lebanon
    • Palestine
    • Anatolia

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Custom Hotel Examples

    • Ziggurats
    • terraces
    • royal residences
    • administrative centres
    • temples
    • Hanging Gardens,
    • Ishtar Gate
    • Processional Way
    • Hanging Gardens of Babylon
    • Temple of Marduk (Esagila)
    • Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II
    • Akitu House
    • Texts on cuneiform tablets refer to inns/lodging houses
    • legal records of operating inns
    • private homes
    • marketplaces
    • rooms in temples
    • rooms in admin buildings
    • TBC

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