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10 Cards in this Set
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Mesopotamia |
Core of the near east, often called the Fertile Crescent |
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Sumer (3500 - 2332) |
City states under protection of different deities.
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Cuniform |
Writing style of the Sumerians. |
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Ziggurat |
towering temple platform |
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Heraldic Composition |
Symmetrical on either side of a central figure. |
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Akkadian Portraiture |
Distinctive features: the profile of the nose, the long curly beard, and the large pronounced eyebrows. |
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Assyrian Lamassu |
Man-headed winged bull |
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arcuated |
arch-shaped |
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apadana |
royal audience hall |
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Stele |
A marker of a historical event. |
