Göbekli Tepe

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/gbekli-tepe

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Near the city of Şanlıurfa, Southeastern Turkey
2. What is the builder?Early Neolithic hunter-gatherer and possibly proto-agricultural communities
3. What is Göbekli Tepe and why is it special?Göbekli Tepe is a very old stone temple in Turkey, built about 9500 BCE, with huge pillars carved with animals and symbols. It shows that people could build big structures before farming.
4. How tall are the pillars at Göbekli Tepe?Some pillars are more than 5 meters tall and weigh several tons.

Anthropomorphic: Having human characteristics or form.
Iconography: The visual images and symbols used in the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.
Megalithic: A very large stone that forms part of a prehistoric monument or structure.
Neolithic Revolution: The profound transformation of human society from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to settled agriculture and village life.