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Neolithic
An Era where hunters and gatherers became herdsmen, farmers and producers; New Stone Culture
Megalith
An enormous, irregular stone, often used in ancient architectural sturctures
Standard
A double-leaf paneled piece of wood describing daily events in Mesopotamian culture divided into registers
Animism
The belief that a divine will exists in all parts of nature
Uruk, Ur, Kish, Lagash
Ancient Sumerian cities
Polytheism
The belief in many specialized Gods and Goddesses
Relief Sculpture
A sculptural process in which figures are carved either to project from the background or cut away below it
Cosmology
The theory of origins, evolution, or the structure of the Universe
Bronze Age
An Era dated between 3400-1500BC which introduced an important metal alloy
Sargon
Mesopotamian ruler, renown for uniting his people the Akkadians, to the Sumerians, hence the first empire
Lost Wax
An ingenious process used for casting bronze out of molds evolving in the early Bronze Age
Hittites/Iron Age
A civilization in Asia Minor responsible for the introduction of an important metal; a metal superior to bronze and less expensive to produce
Ziggurat
A pyramid step-like colossal tower, usually a religious shrine in Mesopotamia.
Dolmen
Created by lifting two upright stone slabs roofed by a cap stone; aka post and lintel architectural system viewed in Stonehenge
Geoglyph
Neolithic artwork representing complex earthworks of giant animal-like images found in South America, serving as star-maps or calendars
Mastabas
A large rectangular mud-brick-built structure used for the construction of Egypt's first pyramids
Conceptual Artwork
A method of artistic representation in Egypt that is based on ideas rather than on visual image used to represent human form
The Temples at Karnak & Abusimbel
Two of ancient Egypt's most spectacular and massive architectural structures built by Ramses II during the New Kingdom
Culture
The total amount of people's arts, traditions, inventions, and techniques transmitted to other generations
Cuneiform
A wedged-shaped early form of writing based on syllabic alphabet, applied on wet clay tablets
Hydraulic Society
A people capable of commanding waters for flood and irrigation in the pursuit of civilized life
The Babylonian Creation
A Sumerian mythological poem recorded in the early 2nd Millennium BC celebrating the birth of the Gods and the order of creation
Phoenicians
A seafaring people coming from the Syrian-Palestinian coast, renown for colonizing the western Mediterranean and introducing a consonantal alphabet
Stele
A solitary monolith, as identified in Stonehenge
Mesopotamia
A fertile land in the Middle East, in between two important rivers
Post-Lintel
Two upright roofed by a cap stone, the first basic architectural construction
Fresco
Italian "fresh", a technique of painting on walls or ceilings covered with fresh lime plaster, applying brilliant pigments
Obelisk
Tall four-sided pillar with a commemorative inscription
Lyric Poetry
Sung, musical poetry, accompanied by a harp or a lyre, originating during the New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Egypt, 2750-2181 BC; time of pyramid building and political stability
Nubia
Reached their maximum height during the Kingdom of Kush, excelled in the arts of metallurgy
Nebuchadnezzar
Chaldean king, responsible for the brilliant revival of Babylonia
Epic
A long, detailed highly descriptive poem, that recounts the adventures of a hero
Pylon
Two truncated pyramid type structures, acting as entrances to Egyptian temples
Biblia
Elaborate texts produced by teh Hebrews to record their culture and history
Rabbi
A teacher and master trained in the Jewish Law
Prophets
He who speaks for another, in Jewish and Christian tradition
Torah
A record of Jewish Law, Legend, History, and Traditions. Part of the Old Testament.