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56 Cards in this Set
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Spotted Horses and Human Hands, Peche-Merle Cave, Prehistoric art |
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Woman from Willendorf, Prehistoric art |
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Bird-Headed Man With Bison, Lascaux cave, prehistoric art |
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Bison, Ceiling at Altamira, Prehistoric art |
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Bison, Le Tuc d'Audoubert, Prehistoric Art |
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Stonehenge, Prehistoric Art. |
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Ruins of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple, Mesopotamian art |
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Head of a Woman, From Uruk, Mesopotamian art |
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Carved Vessel, From Uruk, Mesopotamian art |
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Twelve Votive Figures, From the square temple, Eshnunna, Mesopotamian art. |
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The great Lyre with bulls head, Mesopotamian art. |
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Head of a Man (known as an Akkadian ruler), Mesopotamian art |
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Votive statue of Gudea, from Girsu, Mesopotamian art. |
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Lion Gate, From Hattusha, Ancient near eastern art. |
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Assurnasirpal II Killing lions, From Kalhu, Mesopotamian art. |
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Guardian Figures at gate A of the Citadel of Sargon II during its excavation, Mesopotamian art. |
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Ishtar gate and throne room wall, babylon, Mesopotamian art. |
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Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute, from Persepolis, Ancient near eastern art. |
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Funerary mask of Tutankhamen, Egyptian art. |
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The palette of Narmer, Egyptian art. |
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Imhotep, The Step pyramid and sham buildings, Funerary Complex of Djoser, Saqqara, Egyptian art. |
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Great pyramids of Giza, Egyptian Art. |
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Khafre, Egyptian art. |
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Menkaure and a Queen, Probably Khamerernebty II, Egyptian art. |
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Seated Scribe, Egyptian art. |
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, Egyptian Art |
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Funerary temple of Hatshepsut, Dier El-Bahri, Egyptian Art. |
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Ahkenaten and his family, Egyptian art. |
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Thutmose, Nefertiti, Egyptian art. |
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Temple of Ramses II, from Abu Simbel, Egyptian art. |
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Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris, From book of the Dead, Egyptian art. |
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5 functions for cave paintings |
1. hunting/magic rituals 2. totematic/iniation rites 3. Teaching of hunting techniques 4. Shaminism 5. Food creation theory |
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4 functions of Stonehenge |
1. Astronomical Observatory 2. Seasonal Calendar 3. Religious/Rituals 4. Funerary/Ancient Worship |
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4 different kings of Egyptian Temples |
1. Mastaba 2. Stepped pyramid 3. Straight sided pyramid 4. Rock cut tomb |
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3 main places for cave paintings and locations |
1. Chauvet (France) OLDEST 2. Lascaux (France) 3. Altamira (Spain) |
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Dolmen |
Above ground burial. Menhirs capped with lintel |
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Menhir |
One upright monolith |
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Monolith |
Large Rocks |
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Theocratic Socialism |
Local god who rules city states |
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Heraldic Composition |
One central form flanked by two identical forms |
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Zoroastrianism |
Persian Religion. 2 gods, but only one was worshipped. |
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Ahura Mazda |
God worshipped by zoroastrianism |
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Imhotep |
First recorded architect. Made stepped pyramid for Djoser |
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Mortuary Temple |
Where pharaohs were worshipped after death |
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Pylon Temple |
Where pharaohs would go to worship gods |
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Vertical Recession |
Vertical placement. When something was closer to the top of the composition, it was meant to be further away. |
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Cuneiform |
Earliest form of writing. Sumerian |
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Ziggurat |
Stepped platform with temple on top |
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Cella |
"Holy of Holies" Holiest part of the temple. |
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Wooden Inlay |
Bits of Shell or colored stone cut into wooden objects. |
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Frieze |
A band of relief sculptures or paintings. |
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Ka |
Part of the soul that lives forever |
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Paleolithic vs Neolithic |
Paleolithic- During the last ice age. People would move around a lot.
Neolithic- Much warmer. Forests started to appear. People stayed in the same place and started more civilizations. |
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Egyptian dates |
3150 BCE - 1075 BCE |
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Mesopotamian dates |
3500 BCE - 250 CE |
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7 Mesopotamian Cultures |
1. Assyrians 2. Hitties 3. Sumerians 4. Akkadians 5. Neo-babylonians 6. Babylonians 7. Persians |
