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36 Cards in this Set
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Sumerian |
City of Ur (1st independent city-state) |
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Akkadian |
Sargon I defeats Sumerians -Stele of Naramsin -Hierarchy Scale
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Babylonian |
Stele of Hammurabi |
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Assyrian |
United Sumer under Hammurabi |
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Persian |
King Ashurbanipal -Kept libraries, ziggurat form, and Sumerian texts -Lamassu guards palace |
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Ziggurat of Ur |
Sumerian About 2100 BCE
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Lyre of Queen Puabi |
Sumerian 2685 BCE |
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Votive Figures |
At the Temple of Abu Sumerian 2900-2600 BCE Black limestone |
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Stele of Naraam Sin |
Akkadian 2300-2200 BCE 6.5 feet tall Sandstone |
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Gudea of Lagash |
Neo-Sumerian 2141-2122 BCE 16-18 inches |
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Stele of Hammurabi |
Babylonian 1780 BCE Diorite Divine rule from Shamash Foreshortening in beard |
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Human-headed Winged Bull (Lammasu) |
Assyrian Reign of Sargon II 721-705 BCE Limestone |
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Ishtar Gate |
Babylonian 575 BCE Glazed brick |
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Old Kingdom |
2670-2150 BCE |
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Middle Kingdom |
2150-1800 BCE |
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New Kingdom |
1550-1070 BCE Includes Amarna period 1370-1350 BCE Main ruler: Ramses |
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Rosetta Stone |
1799 Napoleon and others found this and finally hieroglyphics are understandable (named for the Rosetta coast of the Mediterranean where it was discovered) was composed of 3 languages. -Formal Egyptian hieroglyphics -Demotic (late Egyptian) -Greek |
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty |
Gizeh, Egypt Dynasty IV Old Kingdom |
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Seated Scribe |
Saqqara, Egypt Dynasty IV 2450-2350 BC Old Kingdom -Man sitting Indian style -Limestone -Realistic/Naturalistic -No muscular definition |
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Ka-Aper |
Saqqara, Egypt Dynasty V 2450-2350 BC Old Kingdom -Not well built -No muscular definition -Crystal Embedded Eyes -Naturalistic -Wood |
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt |
Saqqara, Egypt Dynasty V 2450-2350 BC Old Kingdom -Composite view -Twisted perspective -Canon of proportions -Limestone |
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Queen Hatshepsut's Funerary Temple |
Built 1480 BC New Kingdom - Colonades copy the cuts of the cliff - High pylons - Ramps echo shapes of cliffs |
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Temple of Ramses II |
Abu Simbel, Egypt Dynasty 19 1290-1224 BCE Sandstone Atlantids: non-weight bearing columns New Kingdom |
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Temple of Amen-Re |
Karnak, Egypt Dynasty XIX 1290-1224 BC Hypostyle Claristory- gives you light and air One roof supported by many columns |
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Temple of Horus |
Edfu, Egypt 237-247 BC Pylon Temple Sloping walls |
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Fowling Scene from the Tomb of Nebamun |
Thebes, Egypt Dynasty XVII 1400- 1350 BC Fresco Secco (fresh) |
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Bust of Akhenaten |
Tel Al-Armana, Egypt Dynasty 18 1353-1335 BCE White Limestone 21 inches tall |
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Akhenaten and Nefertiti |
From the temple of Amen-Re Karnak, Egypt Dynasty XVII 1353-1335 BC Long full lipped face Effeminate body with contours and curves |
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Bust of Nefertiti |
Tell Al-Amarna, Egypt Dynasty XVII 1353-1335 BC Queen of Akhenaten Amarna style, curving and contours
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Death Mask and Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen |
Thebes, Egypt Dynasty XVII 1323 BC Murdered at an early age Restoration of the back |
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Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer |
Thebes, Egypt 1290-1280 BC A lot of gods Old style: twisted perspective, formal, idealized, not naturalistic Polytheism Heart: brain of a person |
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Paleolithic Neolithic |
Old Stone Age New Stone Age |
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Chauvet Cave |
Prehistoric Lions Pont d'Arc, France Lions/Bears facing westward |
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Great Sphinx |
Gizeh, Egypt Dynasty IV 2520-2494 BCE Sandstone 65' high 240' long. |
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Khafre |
Gizeh, Egypt Dynasty IV 2520-2494 BCE Diorite |
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The Palette of King Narmer |
Hierakonpolis, Egypt 3000-2920 BCE Slate |
