Cosmos

• Citadel

  The fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center 
• Shedu/Lamassu

  An assyrian protective deity; part human, part beast winged beings. 
• Apadana

  a large hypostyle hall in Persian architecture, specifically Persepolis; used as an audience chamber
• Hypostyle Hall

  A hall with a roof supported by columns; comes from greek word “under columns”
• Protomes

  a type of adornment that takes the form of the head and upper torso of either a human or an animal

  
• Stambha

  A pillar or column employed in Indian architecture. Sometimes bears inscriptions and religious emblems (verticality=closer to god)
• Stupa

  A dome-shaped structure serving as a buddhist shrine; usually contain relics associated with the Buddha or other Buddhist figures; used as a place of meditation and prayer
• Relief Sculpture

  A sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a a solid background of the same material 
• Citadel of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin

  Khorsabad, Iraq; Assyrian (or Neo-Assyrian), 706 BC

  
• Ishtar Gate

  Hillah, Iraq; Babylon; 575 BCE

  
• Persepolis

  Iran, Persians, ca 500 BCE

  
• Great Stupa at Sanchi

  Madhya Pradesh, India; Mauryans; 3rd century BCE