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27 Cards in this Set
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Radiocarbon Dating |
dating system - measures degree that radioactive materials have decayed |
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Chauvet Cave art |
Earliest known European site of prehistoric cave art |
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Lascaux Cave art |
Best known site of prehistoric cave art- over 600 painting |
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Skara Brae |
remnants of Neolithic settlement - Orkney Islands |
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Fertile Crescent |
fertile, curved area - Ancient Near East - from Mediterranean to Persian Gulf |
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Ain Ghazal |
Paleolithic/Neolithic remnants of settlement - 30 acres |
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Chatal Huyuk |
Paleolithic/Neolithic settlement that partook in trade |
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Ziggurats |
large stepped structures with a temple at top |
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Temple of Ur |
Nanna Ziggurat - dedicated to moon god Nanna |
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Akkadian Head of a Man |
hollow cast copper sculpture of man's head |
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Stele of Naram-Sin |
stele that tells of Naram-Sin's millitary victories |
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Code of Hammurabi |
codefication of the first laws and punishments |
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Nebuchadnezzer |
famous Neo-Babylonian ruler - transformed Babylon into political center |
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The Ishtar Gate |
blue and gold brick - double arch |
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Persepolis |
Persian capital |
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Scarab |
creatation-resurrection-rising sun |
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Narmer Palette |
early in Egyptian history - announces the unification of Egypt |
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Pepy II and his mother |
alabaster statue of the Queen and Pepy II |
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Stele of Amenemhat I |
funeral stele - every day family life |
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Ruins of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt |
large temple complex - honor Amun |
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Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut |
funerary temple - one of few female Egyptian rulers |
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Akhenaten and His family |
painted releif - emphasized family life |
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Nefertiti |
favored wife of Akhenaten - "Bust of Nefertiti" |
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Tempe of Ramses II at Abu Simbel |
temple complex - four towering Ramses statues |
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Detail of Nefertari |
ssmall statue of Nefertari ant Ramse's foot |
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Tholos tombs |
"behive toombs" above ground burial site |
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Heinrich Schliemann |
archaologist - studied Aegean civilizations |
