Ancient Architecture and Monuments Quiz

Prehistoric Projects and Plans

• Çatal Höyük (Southern Anatolia, Turkey): Dates from c. 6500-5700 BCE.
• Newgrange Passage Grave (County Meath, Ireland): Constructed c. 3100 BCE.

Ancient India and South-East Asia

• Great Stupa (Sanchi, India): Built between c. 250 BCE and 250 CE.
• Cave Temple (Karli, India): Dating from c. 100 BCE to 100 CE.
• Brihadeshvara Temple (Tanjore, India): Built between c. 1000 and 1010.
• Lingaraja Temple (Bhubaneshwar, India): Constructed between approximately 1050 and 1150.
• Angkor Wat (Angkor, Cambodia): Built between approximately 1113 and 1150.

Traditional China

• Great Wall of China: Constructed between 221 BCE and 1368 CE.
• Nanchan Monastery (Shanxi, China): Built in 782.

Traditional Japan

• Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple (Ying, China): Completed in 1056.
• Ming Chengzu Forbidden City (Beijing, China): Completed around 1420.
• Horyuji Temple Complex (Nara, Japan): Dates to between 670 and 714.
• Todaiji Great Buddha Hall (Nara, Japan): Built around 1200.
• Ise Shrine (Uji-Yamada, Japan): Construction began around 690, ongoing.
• Katsura Imperial Villa (Kyoto, Japan): Built between 1616 and 1660.

Ancient Greece

• Palace of Knossos (Crete, Greece): Built between c. 1700 and 1380 BCE.
• Great Altar of Zeus (Pergamon, Turkey): Constructed between 181 and 159 BCE.
• Erechtheion (Athens, Greece): Built between 421 and 406 BCE.
• Hippodamus of Miletus Plan of Miletus (Miletus, Turkey): Designed around 500 BCE.
• Iktinos and Kallikrates The Parthenon (Athens, Greece): Completed between 448 and 432 BCE.

Ancient Rome

• Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia (Palestrina, Italy): Built around 80 BCE.
• Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum): Construction lasted from approximately 70 to 82 CE.
• Pantheon (Rome, Italy): Built between 118 and 128 CE.
• Arch of Constantine (Rome, Italy): Erected between c. 312 and 315 CE.
• Apollodorus of Damascus Forum of Trajan (Rome, Italy): Built approximately between 100 and 114 CE.

Early Christian

• Old Saint Peter's (Rome, Italy): Constructed around 333.
• Church of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy): Completed between 556 and 569.

Byzantine

• Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey): Construction occurred between 532 and 537.

Islamic

• San Marco Basilica (Venice, Italy): Construction occurred between 1063 and 1089.
• Saint Basil the Blessed Cathedral (Moscow, Russia): Constructed between 1555 and 1560.
• Great Mosque of Damascus (Damascus, Syria): Completed between 706 and 715.
• Great Mosque of Córdoba (Córdoba, Spain): Construction lasted from 833 to 988.
• Alhambra (Granada, Spain): Built from 1237 to 1492.
• Mimar Sinan Sehzade Mosque (Istanbul, Turkey): Finished between 1545 and 1548.
• Taj Mahal (Agra, India): Constructed between 1631 and 1647.

African

• Great Zimbabwe (Masvingo, Zimbabwe): Constructed around 1060.
• Great Mosque of Djenné (Djenné, Mali): Built around 1200, but was rebuilt in 1907.
• Husuni Kubwa Palace (Kilwa, Tanzania): Built approximately in 1245.

Early Medieval

• Rock Cut Churches (Lalibela, Ethiopia): Completed around 1270.
• Kasubi Tombs (Kampala, Uganda): Constructed in 1881.
• Odo of Metz Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel (Aachen, Germany): Constructed between 792 and 805.
• Plan of Saint Gall (unbuilt): Designed around 817.
• Monastery of Saint Martin-du-Canigou (Canigou, France): Completed between 1001 and 1026.

Test your knowledge on significant prehistoric and ancient architectural wonders across the world. This quiz covers structures from Çatal Höyük in Turkey to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, highlighting their historical dates and cultural significance. Discover how these monuments shaped the civilizations that built them.