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The Architecture, Art and Design of the Ancient Middle East
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The Architecture, Art and Design of the Ancient Middle East

A Journey into the Origins of Civilization
Created byFederico von Borstel
Last updated 5/2026
English
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What you'll learn

  • This is a course on the Architecture of the Ancient Middle East.
  • The course enhances human development.
  • The course promotes self-learning.
  • The course seeks to enrich your life experience.

Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 1h 58m total length

  • Introduction1:43

    Explore the architecture of the Middle East through an introduction and table of contents, highlighting reed houses of southern Iraq, Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar II's palace, Persepolis, the Hittites, and Saudi Arabia.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 26:23

    Explore how rivers, agriculture, and animal domestication shaped ancient Middle East life and its architecture, from wheat and goats to fishing along West Asia's water systems.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 38:29

    Explore how ancient cave dwellings were carved from volcanic ash into livable spaces, with examples of underground cities and later churches and hotels in central Turks.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 46:47

    Discover Göbekli Tepe, the oldest known human-made religious complex in Southeastern Anatolia, featuring circular structures with carved columns that support roofs and reveal astronomical alignments and animal carvings.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 59:53

    Examine the earliest urban settlements in Anatolia, Turkey, tracing the domestication of wild goats to sedentary life, with architecture like rectangular prisms, roof access, and compact dwellings at Konya Plain.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 68:09

    Discover reed house construction and mud-brick architecture in the lower Tigris-Euphrates delta, where bundled reeds form retainer walls and arches that follow gravity.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 710:19

    Discover the city state of awe in ancient Sumer, featuring a moon god Nana temple, a prominent ziggurat, and thriving farming along the Euphrates delta, with cuneiform texts.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 88:36

    Explore Luke, an ancient Mesopotamian city by the Euphrates, with strategic location, evolving palaces and ziggurats, mud-brick architecture, and Gilgamesh deluge themes.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 97:42

    Explore the monumental palace at Nimrud, its citadel walls, adagio gate reliefs, throne rooms, cuneiform archives, and royal banquets, revealing complex administration and monumental Assyrian architecture.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 105:45

    Nineveh, once the largest city for about fifty years, exemplifies early urban planning with a grand gate, canals, and massive walls, reflecting flood control and commerce amid diverse peoples.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 113:33

    Explore Babylon's architectural glory from the ziggurat and Ishtar Gate to the Hanging Gardens, and examine Hammurabi's code and cuneiform inscriptions shaping ancient urban power.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 1211:00

    Explore how to assemble a Persepolis project by improving visitor facilities, including parking, ticketing, terrace cafe, and gift shop, while drawing on the main hall and reliefs to guide design.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 1312:49

    Explore Hittite architecture and urban planning in ancient Anatolia, focusing on fortified citadels, central courtyards, sally ports, and reliefs.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 144:30

    Explore Hijazi architecture from Jeddah and Islamic holy sites, highlighting traditional shading screens that provide shade and privacy, along with carpets and wind catchers that cool interiors and regulate airflow.

  • Middle Eastern Architecture 152:37

    Explore the origins of Middle Eastern architecture through tent structures and carpet design, highlighting camel-hair tensile roofs, portable desert housing, and Bedouin life that preserves art across generations.

  • Course Catalog9:46

    Explore the course catalog for the architecture, art and design of the ancient Middle East.

Requirements

  • There are no prerequisites for the course, however, there are recommended courses that complement this course.

Description

This is a comprehensive course on the Architecture, Art and Design of the Middle East. We begin our Journey by going as far back in time as possible. We begin by studying the cave dwellings of the Paleolithic people who first settled this region. Next, we study the religious site of Göbekli Tepe and the earliest urban site of Catal Huyuk. We then travel to Sumer Ur, Uruk and the reed houses of the deltas of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. We then trace the developments in architecture to the Assyrian capitals of Nimrud and Nineveh followed by Babylon. We move to study Persepolis and then to the mysterious and remote capital of the Hittite Empire, Hattusa. We arrive at Hejazi Architecture of Saudi Arabia. And we end with the most iconic ancient architecture of the region, the Tensile Structures of the nomads of the dessert. I teach lecture courses and studios as I wish they would have been taught to me. Much of the graphic material in my lectures is taken or generated firsthand directly by me on site. I teach to learn. I teach subjects as I wish they were taught to me. The Mission Statement. Education is a tool for the improvement of successive generations. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius

This course is designed under the premise that humans should be taught in a way that is modeled after the educational patterns of evolution.

The design, development and application of educational systems based on the educational principles of evolution generates a philosophy and methodology of education in synchrony with the evolutionary education system that is firmly and deeply rooted in each of us.

Education for evolution is an educational system designed to help propel humans forward in the natural course of evolution. The purpose of education for evolution is to enhance and strengthen the natural evolutionary process of humans through the mechanism of education. The means to achieve this objective is the design of a curricula based on the same educational techniques and strategies used by natural evolution, enhanced and guided by the application of conscious educational decisions.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for anyone interested in the Architecture and History of the Ancient Middle East.

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