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Workshop: Cultural Symbol Hunt: Uzuncaburç ancient city - Compare to your own country

Although Turkiye has much older human civilizations and archaeological sites than Portugal, our country has also important remains such as:

- Early Prehistoric and Pre-Roman Societies

Megalithic Builders (Neolithic - c. 5000 BC onwards): Societies in the Alentejo (South of Portugal) and central regions built monumental stone circles and dolmens, predating famous structures like Stonehenge.

Copper Age Settlements (Chalcolithic - c. 3000 BC): Fortified community sites show early organised labour, copper trading, and defensive architecture.

The Phoenicians (c. 8th – 6th century BC): The earliest literate, seafaring civilization established coastal trading posts in Portugal and their remains still exist in areas like Lisbon and Tavira.

The Lusitanians and Celtic Tribes (1st Millennium BC): The dominant indigenous Indo-European tribal groups inhabiting the territory before the arrival of the Romans are among the most widespread and striking ancient structures in Portugal.

- Romans (2nd century BC - 5th century AD): Roman remains in Portugal span the entire country, reflecting the territory's integration into the Roman Empire as part of the province of Lusitania and Gallaecia.

Note: The picture shows Citânia de Briteiros, a large, monumental Iron Age hillfort and proto-historic Celtic settlement belonging to the Castro culture, located about 15 km north of Guimarães.

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Workshop : Cultural Symbol Hunt - Uzuncaburç ancient city

Compare to your own country

Around 100–250 AD, Diocaesarea in present-day Turkey was a flourishing Greco-Roman city with monumental stone buildings, temples, columns, and impressive city gates.

At exactly the same time, Sweden was in the Roman Iron Age. There were no cities comparable to those of the Roman world. Most people lived on farms or in small settlements, in longhouses built mainly from wood and other organic materials. Farming and livestock were central to everyday life.

The contrast is remarkable: while people walked among monumental temples and stone columns in Diocaesarea, people in Sweden lived in small agricultural communities of wooden houses. Roman objects reached Scandinavia through trade and other contacts, but Sweden itself was never part of the Roman Empire.

To put it into perspective, Diocaesarea’s monumental city existed more than 500 years before Birka, one of Sweden’s earliest towns, was founded.

We in Sweden were a bit behind at this time...

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Presentation of Portugal:

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Presantation of Spain :Safe

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Presentation of Sweeden : Safe

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LEARNING SCENARIO OF SPAIN

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LEARNING SCENARIO OF PORTUGAL

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LEARNING SCENARIO OF SWEEDEN

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HOW TO CREATE A LEARNING SCENARIO?

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2024 Europeana Digital Cultural Heritage MOOC | M1.4 Lesson Plan Teachers