Editing Architecture of Mesopotamia (section)

=== Design ===
[[File:Eridu_temple_7.png|thumb|Large buildings, implying centralized government, started to be made. [[Eridu]] Temple, final Ubaid.]]
In the [[Ubaid period]] houses would be tripartite homes. They had a long roofed central hallway with smaller rooms connected to it on either of its sides. It is possible that the central hallway was used for dining and communal activities. There was variety in Ubaid houses. Some houses contained richer artifact assemblage than other houses. Ubaid houses could also be interconnect with other houses. The architecture of Ubaid houses is indistinguishable from Ubaid Temples.<ref name="Ur-2014">Ur, Jason. 2014. [https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/12490321/Ur%202014%20CAJ%20Households%20and%20the%20Emergence%20of%20Cities.pdf?sequence%3D1 “Households and the Emergence of Cities in Ancient Mesopotamia]." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 24 (02) (June): 249–268.</ref> During the [[Uruk period]] houses had various shapes. Some houses were rectangular, others were round. Some houses in Mesopotamia had only one room, while others had many rooms. Occasionally some of these rooms would serve as basements. In the [[4th millennium BC|3000's BCE]], courtyards were introduced to Mesopotamia. Courtyards would become the basis for Mesopotamian architecture. These court yards would be surrounded by thick walled halls.<ref name="Ur-2014" /> These halls were probably reception rooms for guests. It is likely that most houses had an upper storey. The upper storey might have been used dining, sleeping, and entertaining, and might have also housed the bedrooms.<ref name="Gates-2011">{{Cite book|last=Gates|first=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nT70dCn-I9kC&q=house|title=Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome|date=21 March 2011|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-82328-2|language=en}}</ref> People would plant vegetables or perform religious rituals on their roofs.<ref name="Nemet-Nejat-1998" /> Ground floors would be used to for shops, workshops, storage, and livestock.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Museum|first1=British|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdlhaAfK1sYC&q=Houses+in+Ancient+Sumeria&pg=PA148|title=Dictionary of the Ancient Near East|last2=BIENKOWSKI|first2=ed|date=2000|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-3557-9|language=en}}</ref> One room was usually a [[sanctuary]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Reade|first=J. E.|date=1973|title=Tell Taya (1972-73): Summary Report|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4199963|journal=Iraq|volume=35|issue=2|pages=155–187|doi=10.2307/4199963|jstor=4199963|s2cid=129389899 |issn=0021-0889|url-access=subscription}}</ref>