Obeyd döneminden eski Babil dönemine Mezopotamya tapınaklarının mimari ve kavramsal bir analizi

ABSTRACTAN ARCHITECTURAL AND CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF MESOPOTAMIANTEMPLES FROM THE UBAID TO THE OLD BABYLONIAN PERIODSoudipour, Amir H.M.A, Department of Archaeology and History of Art.Supervisor: Dr. Marie-Henriette GatesFebruary 2007This study attempts to explore the architecture of Mesopotamian temples fromthe Ubaid to the Old Babylonian period. It analyses the ways in which the layout ofthe temples changed and developed through time. It argues how different factors suchas ideology, cosmology, religion and environment were reflected in the architectureand function of temple complexes. The thesis also looks closely at the concept of thetemple as the house of god, and by comparing the selected temples of differentperiods to the domestic architecture of the same period, aims to trace the influenceand reflection of the domestic structure on the sacred structure and to determine inwhich period the structural similarity reaches its zenith and declines. Changes inMesopotamia?s social organization can be linked to these changes in temple layout.Keywords: Mesopotamia, Temple, House, The temple as the house, Ideology,Religion, Cosmology, Environment.iii