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Göbekli Tepe The World’s First Temple (TWKO)

Göbekli Tepe The World’s First Temple (TWKO). Mr. Wyka’s World History Honors Citrus High School. G öbekli Tepe , Southeast Turkey Religious Center Before Agriculture. - 10,000 - 8000 BC - 300 m diameter mound, 15 m high Served as a central place, with no traces of domestic

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Göbekli Tepe The World’s First Temple (TWKO)

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  1. GöbekliTepeThe World’s First Temple(TWKO) Mr. Wyka’s World History Honors Citrus High School

  2. GöbekliTepe, Southeast Turkey Religious Center Before Agriculture • - 10,000 - 8000 BC • - 300 m diameter mound, 15 m high • Served as a central place, with no traces of domestic • buildings or village life • Semi-subterranean circular structure with T-shaped stone • monuments (five mapped, 20 more based on • geophysical survey)

  3. GöbekliTepe, Southeast Turkey Religious Center Before Agriculture Where is Mesopotamia in relation to GöbekliTepe ? The Fertile Crescent?

  4. What is GöbekliTepe’s Significance? • Built by semi-nomadic hunter gatherers. • Predates Stonehenge by about 7000 years and the Great Pyramid by 7500 years. • Shows a level of cooperation previously not thought to exist this early. • Predates the first known walled city, Jericho, by 2000 years. • Pre-Göbekli , archaeologists thought that monumental architecture was only • possible after systematic agriculture. • Pre-Göbekli , archaeologists thought complex religious practices developed AFTER • systematic agriculture.

  5. GöbekliTepe Unfinished 25 ton megalith stone in quarry.

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