Architectural Styles

Babylonian

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

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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