... sun dried and baked bricks. Uruk, when excavated in the 1930s was found to have been enclosed by a wall, had a religious precinct and a port. Rectilinear forms could be found within Uruk and a series of courtyard homes made up the residential areas. These features show how the city of Uruk was thought out and 'planned'. In 1000bc Dorian Greeks invaded Greece and developed a series of city-states - Athens, Sparta and Corinth. These were quite modest affairs, which were arranged originally for defence, with walls and an acropolis. By 1500bc the city-states became increasingly sophisticated. Many changes occurred, including the use of the acropolis, from a defensive place to a religious precinct. A meeting place was created - the Agora, and other buildings soon followed, including the Bouleuterion, a council house for meetings; the Prytaneion, the town hall and the Stoa, a protective colonnade. The Greeks developed the ...

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