Iron and the New World Order 
ABSTRACT
The development of iron created a profound shift in the geo-political world around 800 BCE. This lecture discusses the worldviews of the Nubians in Sudan as well as those of the Greeks and Etruscans, and compares their emerging architectural traditions.

KEY PEOPLES 
•	Nubians
•	Dorians
•	Etruscans
•	Promethius

KEY CONCEPTS
•	Kodesh Hakodashim (Hebrew: Holy of Holies) 
•	Sacred grove – temenos – altar
•	Naos (Greek, temple)
•	Templum, Contemplatio, Conspicio, (Latin)
•	Augur (a priest)

KEY PLACES
•	Temple of Solomon, ca. 900 BCE
•	Napata, Sudan (1000–300 BCE) 
•	Meroë, Sudan (300 BCE–300 AD)
•	Temple of Samos (ca. 800 BCE)

NOTES ON SELECT TERMS 
Comparative Terms for Sacred Spaces 
Judea: Kodesh Hakodashim - (“separated holy things”); also:  “House (or hall) of the Lord”
Greeks:  Naos – “in-dwelling” or house of the deity 
Etruscan (Latin): Templum - Legal – vertical - relationship between man and deity

Latin Terminology for Temple Construction 
Templum
Conspico
Contemplatio
Insuguratio