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Mesopotamia was located in the area that is now considered what?
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Iraq
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The most famous example of the The Great Polychrome glazed brick is what?
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The Ishtar Gates
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The Ishtar Gate included what type of animals?
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Lions, Dragons, and Bulls
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The date of the Ishtar Gates is?
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6th century B.C.
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Where is the Ishtar Gates now?
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Berlin
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Besides the Hanging Gardens some believe Mesopotamia was the site of what famous garden?
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The Garden of Eden
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Define Ziggurat
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A stepped pyramid
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Besides architecture, the predominant art form of Mesopotamia was what?
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Bar relief sculptures
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Frieze
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Horizontal Band of Relief sculpture
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What does A.D. stand for?
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Anno Domi - in the year of the lord
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Who were the first true humans?
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Homo Habilis
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Who were the first hunters?
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Homo Erectus
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How long ago was man making spears, needles, and wearing warm boots?
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500,000 B.C.
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Who created the first cave paintings?
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Homo Sapiens
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Why were the first art objects created?
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As an attempt to appease natural forces
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The oldest art objects are made from what?
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Sculptures;
Bone, Ivory, or Antlers |
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How long ago was the Brassempouy Lady created and how tall is she?
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36,000 B.C. and 1 1/4 inches tall
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How long ago was the Venus of Willendorf created? How tall is she?
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25,000 B.C. ; 4 1/4 inches tall
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What was the Venus of Willendorfs probable function?
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She was a fertility symbol.
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One theory of the Venus statues is that they are fertility fetishes used to promote reproduction in what?
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Women, crops, and wild life
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3 things
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The earliest of the carved objects found so far are made of what?
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Mammoth ivory
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Why did ancient artists create these animal images?
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To garuntee a successful hunt
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Where is the most famous ancient cave?
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Lascaux, France
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The Neolithic period stretches roughly from what time periods?
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7000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.
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Two reasons why Neolithic man emerged from the caves to become herdsmen and farmers.
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1. The glaciers receded
2. Climate grew more temperate |
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What are 2 examples of objects found from neolithic culture?
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Stone implements and clay vessels
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Define Medium
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A mode of artistic expression
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Why is it that there may be a vast chapter lost in the development of Neolithic Art?
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Them working with impermanent materials
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How old is the Stonehenge?
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Over 5000 years
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How did neolithic man transport the huge blocks that make up Stonehenge?
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Rafts along the welsh coast and up local river
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Most historians believe Stonehenge was used for what?
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Religious services
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Why is Stonehenge significant?
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It represents the beginning of architecture in the west
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The massive stone structure of Easter Island is called what?
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Moai
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Two purposes of the mounds
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1. Burial Places
2. Residency |
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When was cahokias size surpassed by another city?
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1800
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How high is the largest eastern mound? What type of mound is it?
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100 feet high; Platform
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How old and tall is the Horse from Vogelherd Cave?
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Around in 28,000 and 2 1/2 inches ta
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How old was the Bison licking its flank?
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Around in 15000 B.C.
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When was the cave at Lascoux around?
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15000 B.C.
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Define Effigy
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Earth works in the shape if animals and birds
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Ishtar
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Goddess of Fertility, war, and love
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Two similar goddess in other mythology
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Venus and Aphrodite
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Roman and Greek
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Venus of Willendorf
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Ishtar Gate
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Stonehenge
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Dying Lioness
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The Great Serpent Mound
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Brassempouy Lady
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Horse from Vogelherd Cave
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Lascaux Cave
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Ziggurat at Ur
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Moai of Easter Island
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Post and Lintel
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