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Some Apples, Bananas, And Peaches

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Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian

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Sumerian accomplishments

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City of Ur- First independent state Architecture- Ziggurats Ana and Nanna- Gods Voltive Figures Developed 1st writing system Cylinder seals for stamping Epic of Giglamesh- oldest ethic poem in existence

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Akkadian

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Sargon I defeats Summerians Stele of Naramsin- heiractic scale- brutality in art

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Babylonian

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United Sumer under Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE) Stele of Hammurabi- Code of Laws Creation of Myths

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Assyrian

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Took control around 1400 BCE King Assurbanipal Kept firrst Library ziggurat form & Sumerian texts Human- head lion LAMASSUs guard palace

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Persian

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Cyrus & the citadel at Persepolis (built between 521-465 BCE)

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Neo-Sumerian

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Gudea of Lagash- ruler

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Neo- Babylonian

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Nebuchanezzar II

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Ziggurat of Ur

Sumerian culture

2100 BCE

made of of mudbrick

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Lyre of Queen Puabi (Ur)

Sumerian

2685 BCE

  1. ) Found in a grave of king
  2. ) Similar to a harp we see on Standard of Ur
  3. ) 5 ft. 5 in. tall
  4. ) Heraldic Composition
  5. ) Discovered by Sir Leonard Wolly
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Votive figures at the temple of Abu (Sumerian)

2500 BCE

  1. )Largest is 30 in. high
  2. )Made out of limestone
  3. )Images dedicated to the Gods
  4. ) Hands folded in gesture

Eyes are so prominent bc “ Eternal Awakeness” always watching

  1. ) Men shown bare chested
  2. ) Women showin in sholder
  3. ) Louvre Paris
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  1. ) 3 styistic convensions
    - Horizontal bands (registers)
    - Narrative
    - Size indicated social status
  2. ) Materials
    - Lapisazuli (blue)
    - Red limestone
    - Shale
  3. ) 8 inches by 1 foot 7 inches

Discovered in the 1920s

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Cylinder Seals

  1. ) Used as a means of stamping & identifying documents
  2. ) Roll the seal out on clay & get the image
  3. ) A couple of inches
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Sargon I

First Akkadian Ruler

  1. ) embodies the new conceept of royal power- loyalty to the king
  2. ) Made from Copper
  3. ) Differing textures flesh vs hair vs lips
  4. ) Knocked ocer in antiquity but also signs of deliberate mutilation
  5. ) Artist balaced naturalism and abstract patterning
  6. ) 1 ft. 2. 3/8 inches
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Stele of NaramSin

Akkadian

2300-2200 BCE

6 1/2 ft. tall

Sandstone

First time a king appears as a God in Mesopotamian Art

Relief Sculpture

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Gudea of Lagash

2141-2122 BC

Neo-Sumerian

16 1/8 in.

wearing the persian lamb fur cap

Cartouche

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Stele of Hammurabi

Babylonian

1780 BCE

7ft. tall

relief sculpture

shamash- sun god

First lawcode we have evidence of

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Ashurbanipal hunting lions

645-640 BCE

5 ft 4 inches high

intention is to glorify the rule

Assyrian

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Human- Headed Winged Bull

Assyrian

721-705 BCE

Lamassu

Head- intellegence

Body- strength

Wings- speed

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Ishtar Gate

Neo-Babylonian

575 BCE

Dedicated to the goddess Ishtar

Not in situ

47 ft high and 32 ft wide

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At its height the Persian Empire extended from Africa to India

Located in Iran

Darius I (started)

Xerxes (finished)

located on platuea

Heavily fortified

Laid on rectangular grid

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Royal Audience Hall

60 ft

Contained 36 columns

217 sq ft

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