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18 Cards in this Set
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Warka Vase
Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian |
Warka Vase, Iraq
3200-3000 BCE SUMERIAN |
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Worshippers from Eshnunna
Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian |
Worshippers from Eshnunna,
Iraq 2700 BCE SUMERIAN |
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Standard of Ur
Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian |
Standard of Ur
Iraq 2600 BCE SUMERIAN |
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian |
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Iran 2254-2218 BCE AKKADIAN |
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Stele with law code of Hammurabi
Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian |
Stele with law code of Hammurabi
Iran 1780 BCE BABYLONIAN |
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Assyrian wall reliefs
Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian |
Assyrian wall reliefs
Iraq 875-640 BCE ASSYRIAN |
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Processional frieze
Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian |
Processional frieze
Persepolis Iran 521-465 BCE PERSIAN |
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Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Assyrian / Persian
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Warka Vase
Iraq SUMERIAN |
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Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Assyrian / Persian
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Worshippers from Eshnunna
Iraq SUMERIAN |
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Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Assyrian / Persian
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Iran AKKADIAN |
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Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Assyrian / Persian
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Stele with law code of Hammurabi
Iran BABYLONIAN |
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Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Assyrian / Persian
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Assyrian wall reliefs
Iraq ASSYRIAN |
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Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Assyrian / Persian
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Processianal frieze
Persepolis Iran PERSIAN |
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What is a Stele
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Upright stone monument with an inscription and an image on it
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What is a relief sculpture
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The image projects out of the background but is still part of the background
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Sargon
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Akkadian ruler
Sargons story is similar to Moses' story |
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Victory Stele of Naram Sin tells which story
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Naram-Sin defeated the Lullabi, he is going up to meet the gods, the suns are a representation of the gods. Suggests that Naram-Sin has already god-like status
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Hierarchy of scale
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The biggest is the most important
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