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Dates of the Paleolithic period
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30,000-10,000 BCE
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Dates of the Neolithic period
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8000-2000 BCE
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Dates of the Early Mesopotamian period
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3500-1600 BCE
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Dates of the Hittite period
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1600-1237 BCE
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Dates of the Late Mesopotamian period
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900-538 BCE
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Dates of the Persian period
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538-330 BCE
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Dates of the Early Dynastic period
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2920-2575 BCE
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Dates of the Old Kingdom period
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2575-2134 BCE
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Dates of the Middle Kingdom period
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2040-1640 BCE
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Dates of the New Kingdom period
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1550-1070 BCE
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Megalith
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big stone (2-40 tons)
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Menhir
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megalith stood on end
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Post and Lintel (Trilithon)
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-- Start of arch
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Dolmen
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succession of trilithons (used to build tombs)
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Cromlech
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circle of trilithons
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Where is Stonehenge located
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Salisbury Plain, England
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"not a blank canvas"
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paleolithic
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cave paintings of animals
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paleolithic
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shaman images
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paleolithic
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fertility goddess
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paleolithic
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clay bison
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paleolithic
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atlatl
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paleolithic
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megaliths
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neolithic
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painted plaster
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neolithic
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early cities
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neolithic
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ziggurats
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early mesopotamian
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big eyes & conntected eye brow
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early mesopotamian
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prayer gesture
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early mesopotamian
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bearded bull
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early mesopotamian
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lions gate
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hittite
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battle at kadesh
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hittite
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corbelled vaults
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hittite
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lamassu
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late mesopotamian
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large scale (empirial)
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late mesopotamian
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ishtar gate
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late mesopotamian
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hypostyle halls
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persian
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no need for defensive walls
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persian
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step pyramids
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early dynastic
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palette of narmer
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early dynastic
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unified lower and upper egypt
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early dynastic
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imhotep
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earliest artist we have
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serdab
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little chamber with statue of the pharoh
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smooth pyramids
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old kingdom
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canon of proportions
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old kingdom
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rock-cut tombs
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middle kingdom
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sad faces
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middle kingdom
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painted wood
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middle kingdom
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hatshepsut
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new kingdom
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pylon template
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new kingdom
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obelisk
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new kingdom
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