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Standard of Ur 2600 Sumer

Head of Akkadian Ruler 2200 Akkad

Victory Stele of Naram Sin 2200 Akkad

Ziggurat at Ur 2100 Neo Sumer

Stele of Hammurabi 1776 Babylon

Lamassu 700 Assyria

Ishtar Gate 575 Neo Babylon

Persepolis Complex 450 Persia