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What are part of the scholarly conjecture about the Great Lyre?
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-The musician of the instrument was a woman.
-The images on it bear some relation to the Gilgamesh epic. -The lyre's player was also buried as part of the tomb goods for the ruler buried there. |
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The earliest recorded name of an author in human history was:
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Enheduanna
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The piece Head of a Man...
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-Is the earliest known hollow-cast bronze.
-Was probably symbolically mutilated. -Was one thought to be Sargon I. |
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What is true of the carvings of the Ruler Gudea?
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-There are 20 surviving carvings.
-They are a type of votive statue. - They were carved from diorite. |
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The first people to use iron were probably who?
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The Hittites
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Hattusha, an important Hittite stronghold, is located in?
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Asia Minor (modern day Turkey)
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What is true of the Stele of Hammurabi?
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-It stands over 7 feet tall.
-It is inscribed with a law code. -It featured an image of Hammurabi receiving the laws from a god. |
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Lamassus are...
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-Guardian figures.
-Colossal. -Combine animal and human features. |
