Unit 3.7-3.8 The Rise of Cities

3. What is architecture called that is built using local materials, traditions, and needs?
5. Jericho was built around this specific resource.
7. This room is an entryway into a home.
10. What contributed to the rising street levels in Ur?
11. What was the central feature around which houses were arranged?
15. This word means “city” in Latin?
16. In Çatalhöyük, what did the solid outer wall formed by the houses provide?
18. What do we call the rise and development of the first cities?
20. This is what a shared wall between two residences is called.

1. This is the modern day political borders that the ancient city of Jericho is in.
2. This is the type of covered market that was in the city of Ur.
4. What do we call the point in time where people began to use stone monuments and boundary markers?
6. This town demonstrates the first example of a “true street.”
8. The development of cities is usually credited to which region?
9. This is considered to be the earliest known towns.
12. In which modern borders is the ancient town of Khirokitia located?
13. This ancient city is noted as one of the most populous of its time.
14. Jericho was most notably protected by this structure.
17. What was the typical construction material for houses in ancient Mesopotamia?
19. Approximately how many feet wide were the streets of Ur?
21. People entered their homes in Çatalhöyük through its __________.