The Ancient Near East

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The Ancient Near East
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The Ancient Near East
Summerian
Akkadian
Neo-Summerian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Persian
•City-States
•People owed the gods
•Agriculturals advances
•Writing: cuneiforms and literature
•Used a variety of mediums, often combined
Ziggurat: a stepped platform,
often topped with a temple
Reconstruction drawing of the White
Temple and ziggurat, Uruk (modern
Warka), Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE.
Presentation of
offerings to Inanna
(Warka Vase),
from Uruk (modern
Warka), Iraq, ca.
3200–3000 BCE.
Alabaster, 3’ 1/4”
high.
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Votive Figures from the Square Temple at
Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar),
Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE.
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black
limestone, male figure 2’ 6” high.
Heraldic Composition:
composition shows a human
figure flanked by two animal or
lesser human figures.
Sound box: Wood with inlaid gold, lapis
lazuli, and shell,
1’ 7” high.
•Incresed importance of the king or ruler; loyalty to the king,
not the city-state
•Warlike atmosphere
Head of an Akkadian
ruler, from Nineveh
(modern Kuyunjik),
Iraq, ca. 2250–2200
BCE. Copper, 1’ 2
3/8” high.