Ancient Near East
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Sumerian Art: 300-2000 BCE
Akkadian Art: 2300-2150 BCE Neo-Sumerian Art: 2150-2000 BCE Babylonian Art: 2000-1750 BCE Assyrian Art: 1200-612 BCE Battle of Ninevah, 612 BCE (modern day Iraq) Babylon won thus resurrecting their former glory! Neo-Babylonian Art: 612- 539 BCE Persian King, Cyrus, overthrows Babylon Persian Art: 539-330 BCE Height of Persia ends at the razing of Persepolis by Alexander the Great |
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Vocabulary1. REGISTERS/FRIEZES
2. LAPIZ LAZULI 3. HIERARCHY OF SCALE 4. VOTIVE OFFERING 5. BENT AXIS 6. CELLA 7. STELE 8. APADANA 9. COLUMN 10. CAPITAL 11. SHAFT 12. BASE 13. VOLUTES 14. HYPOSTYLE HALL |
Artwork List1. WHITE TEMPLE AND ITS ZIGGURAT, URUK
2. SUMERIAN VOTIVE OFFERINGS 3. THE STANDARD OF UR 4. CODE OF HAMMURABI 5. LAMASSU 6. THE AUDIENCE/THRONE HALL (APANDANA) AT THE CITADEL AT PERSEPOLIS ADDITIONS 7. STELE OF NARAM SIN 8. ISHTAR GATE |
Additional Resources
- VIDEO OF THE EXCAVATION OF PERSEPOLIS
CODE OF HAMMURABI'S
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Acknowledgements: Information contributed by Silvia Wiedman
Links and information provided by Valerie M. Park © 2013 www.mchsapah.com
Special thanks to the AP Summer Institute in Rome collaboration with Margaret Sharkoffmadrid
Links and information provided by Valerie M. Park © 2013 www.mchsapah.com
Special thanks to the AP Summer Institute in Rome collaboration with Margaret Sharkoffmadrid