This is the same study guide that you have in your Course Packet. The answers are in red.
Pyramid |
Ziggurat | |
Producing culture: |
Egyptian. | Sumerian (Mesopotamian). |
Function of structure: |
Tomb. | Temple. |
Material in interior: |
Stone. | Sun-dried mud-brick. |
Description of interior: |
Passages and rooms (Cheops/Khufu's pyramid). | Solid. |
Material on exterior: |
Limestone. | Fired mud-brick. |
Description of exterior: |
Polished limestone, gold cap, maybe painted. | Vegetation, temple on top, cone mosaic in plaster. |
Example: |
Pyramid of Khufu/Cheops, Giza, c. 2601-2528 B.C. | Ziggurat of King Urnammu, Ur, c. 2100 B.C. |