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

2. - 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) Göbekli Tepe, Southeast Turkey Religious Center Before Agriculture

4. Göbekli Tepe, Southeast Turkey Religious Center Before Agriculture Where is Mesopotamia in relation to Göbekli Tepe ? The Fertile Crescent?

5. 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. What is Göbekli Tepe’s Significance?

6. Göbekli Tepe Unfinished 25 ton megalith stone in quarry.