El urbanismo regulado estuvo presente en algunas ciudades, como la Babilonia de Nabucodonosor II, mayoritariamente en damero. Puede dividirse en tres grupos distintos, asociados a su vez a tres tipos culturales. En cualquiera de ellos hay que distinguir unos elementos planeados y otros (el grueso residencial, dividido en barrios) que no. Se han observado grandes diferencias entre las parcelas y las viviendas de un mismo barrio, planteándose la hipótesis de que algunos barrios pueden responder antes una determinada vivienda, de mayor posición, o servirla.

Sumerian urbanism

Typical urbanism present in southern Mesopotamia, the towns of Ur, Uruk, Lagash and others soon became city states. These seem to be born from a primitive temple city with an oval outline and an orthogonal layout, protected by defensive towers with moats in it. The dominant one of the entire city was normally a ziggurat, located in the center of the city.

Acadian urbanism

It is the urbanism present in the central area of ​​Mesopotamia, it seems that its urban qualities come from the north and the south, at the same time. The palaces and fortresses are usually placed next to the walls and the temple in the center of the city. The city is organized through a series of main streets, such as the Avenue of the Processions of Babylon, these main streets delimit neighborhoods whose growth is not yet planned.

Assyrian urbanism

Typical urban planning of northern Mesopotamia, the most rigorous of all. The cities, walled and with navigable moats, public buildings such as palaces and temples are placed on the sides in the form of towers or fortresses. An example of this is the palace complex of Sargon II in Dur Sharukin").

Regarding the engineering works, the very extensive and ancient network of canals that linked the Tigris, Euphrates and their tributaries rivers stands out, promoting agriculture and navigation. The Mesopotamians traced the construction of the first to the times before the Flood, when the Earth was occupied by the "gods" Ea-Enki*.*.

Other notable works are the river ports, such as those in the city of Ur, tucked into the walls and shape of the city, and the bridges, such as the one that joined the two sides of Chaldean Babylon.

El urbanismo regulado estuvo presente en algunas ciudades, como la Babilonia de Nabucodonosor II, mayoritariamente en damero. Puede dividirse en tres grupos distintos, asociados a su vez a tres tipos culturales. En cualquiera de ellos hay que distinguir unos elementos planeados y otros (el grueso residencial, dividido en barrios) que no. Se han observado grandes diferencias entre las parcelas y las viviendas de un mismo barrio, planteándose la hipótesis de que algunos barrios pueden responder antes una determinada vivienda, de mayor posición, o servirla.

Sumerian urbanism

Typical urbanism present in southern Mesopotamia, the towns of Ur, Uruk, Lagash and others soon became city states. These seem to be born from a primitive temple city with an oval outline and an orthogonal layout, protected by defensive towers with moats in it. The dominant one of the entire city was normally a ziggurat, located in the center of the city.

Acadian urbanism

It is the urbanism present in the central area of ​​Mesopotamia, it seems that its urban qualities come from the north and the south, at the same time. The palaces and fortresses are usually placed next to the walls and the temple in the center of the city. The city is organized through a series of main streets, such as the Avenue of the Processions of Babylon, these main streets delimit neighborhoods whose growth is not yet planned.

Assyrian urbanism

Typical urban planning of northern Mesopotamia, the most rigorous of all. The cities, walled and with navigable moats, public buildings such as palaces and temples are placed on the sides in the form of towers or fortresses. An example of this is the palace complex of Sargon II in Dur Sharukin").

Regarding the engineering works, the very extensive and ancient network of canals that linked the Tigris, Euphrates and their tributaries rivers stands out, promoting agriculture and navigation. The Mesopotamians traced the construction of the first to the times before the Flood, when the Earth was occupied by the "gods" Ea-Enki*.*.

Other notable works are the river ports, such as those in the city of Ur, tucked into the walls and shape of the city, and the bridges, such as the one that joined the two sides of Chaldean Babylon.