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25 Cards in this Set
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Woman from Willendorf
“Venus figure” 30,000–25,000 BCE Thought to be a fertility figure |
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BCE:
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Before Common Era
Common Era “Circa,” around, approximately |
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Paleolithic:
Mesolithic: Neolithic: |
ancient‐stone (ca. 2 mil BCE – ca. 10,000 BCE)
middle‐stone new‐stone (ca. 8,000 – ca. 3,000 BCE) |
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Altamira, Spain
15,000–10,000 BCE |
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Lascaux (France): Hall of the Bulls
15,000–13,000 BCE |
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Chauvet Cave (France), 30,000–28,000 BCE
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Cave of Forgo5en Dreams,
Werner Herzog, dir., 2010 |
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Sumerian Civilization
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Developed around 4000 BCE
• Controlled rivers, developed irrigaFon systems (in the desert) • Each city‐state had a specific patron deity (ruling and protecFng god) • Rulers were priests who served their god • Stable government lead to specializaFon |
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Zuggart
Northeastern façade with restored stairs. Ur (modern Tell Maqayyar, Iraq) ca. 2100 BCE Temple dedicated to Nanna, Sumerian moon god |
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Statues of worshippers and deiFes from
the Square Temple (Abu Temple) at Eshnunna (modern Tel Asmar), Irag, c. 2750 BCE |
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Sumerian Technology
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counFng based on 60‐‐used to measure Fme
• architectural endeavors based on math • pottery was mass produced • casting of bronze • invention of glass • invention of the wheel • invention of writing |
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Hammurrabi
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Law Code of Hammurabi, ca 1760 BCE
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Relief
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its a sculpture that is half stone
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Horus
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the son of Osiris and iris often the symbol of the king (falcon head)
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Palette of Narmer, ca. 3150-25 BCE
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Iconography:
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identification, description, and
the interpretation of the content of images |
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Hierarchical scale:
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relative size determined
by relative importance among figures |
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs (for priestly decree)
Egyptian Demotic Greek |
(for priestly decree)
(daily native script) (language of administration) |
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Great pyramids, Giza: Menkaure (2533-2515),
Khafra (2570-2544), Khufu (2601-2528) |
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Ka:
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Egyptian concept of eternal spiritual essence
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Amenhotep IV = Akhenaten
1353-1336/1351-1334 |
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Funerary mask of Tutankhamun, ca. 1337 BCE
Gold, semi‐precious stones, glass. 75 lbs. |
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Minoan Civilization:
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wealthy, secure, & matriarchal
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Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete
1500 B.C.E |
