2. Last Lesson Recap (work in groups of two or three)
1.What does the term prehistory mean/what chronological period does
it refer to?
2. Define Paleolithic and Neolithic
3.How might we define the term “culture”?
4.What did we learn about the Woman of Willendorf (context, but also
date, size, area found etc)?
5.What was the function of cave art? Which cave did Werner Herzog go
into, and how old is the art in it? What was painted on the walls? When
was the cave art at this site discovered by modern man?
6.What did you fill out in your Stonehenge Graphic Organizer? Compare
with your partner.
3. Some characteristics of civilization:
1)the creation of permanent urban and administrative centers;
2) the invention of basic political (a political system based on territory
instead of kinship), social, and economic institutions (which then attempt to
solve man’s basic needs: food, shelter, and security);
3) a method of taxation;
4) the division and specialization of labor;
5) external trade;
6) a hierarchical system of classes;
7) the development of the arts and sciences;
8) the creation of a complex religious life;
9) the invention of a written language for communication, record keeping,
and the transmission of culture. Civilization possibly first appeared among
the ancient Sumerians and then among the Egyptians.
6. Sumerians
The term "Sumerian" is the common name given to the
ancient inhabitants of southern Mesopotamia, Sumer, by
their successors, the Akkadians.
Cuneiform Writing
One of the earliest known forms of writing, emerging in
Sumer c. 3000 BCE.
7. The Epic of Gilgamesh may be the oldest written story unearthed to date. It depicts the
adventures of the historical King Gilgamesh of Uruk in Babylonia on the Euphrates River in
modern-day Iraq. The Epic of Gilgamesh dates to about 2700 BC and was originally written
on 12 clay tablets in the cuneiform script of ancient Sumeria.
Tablet 11 of the Epic of Gilgamesh contains an extensive flood story that’s similar in many
ways to the biblical account in Genesis.
17. Close Lyre with Bearded Bull's Head and Inlaid Panel, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq,
Early Dynastic III, 2550-2450 BCE, wood, lapis lazuli, gold, silver, shell,
30. Assurbanipal and his Queen in the Garden,
The 'Garden Party' relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal (Room S), Nineveh,
northern Iraq. Assyrian, about 645 BC.
43. Ceremonial complex, Persepolis, Iran, Apadana (audience hall) of Darius and Xerxes,
stairway, relief detail, Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute, 491-486 BCE.
44. 1) What was the purpose of votive figures?
2) What is the subject of the carving on the Stele of Naramsin,
and what was its function?
3) How/where did Cuneiform develop, and for what purpose?
4) What relationship can you describe between the relief on top
of the Code of Hammurabi stele, and the written code itself?
Notas do Editor
Collection: Digital Media Collection
Work Record ID:23198
Work Type - Category: architecture
Title: White Temple and Ziggurat
Display Date: circa 3200-3000 BCE
Location: Uruk
Location: Warka
Location: Iraq
ID Number: 1187
Style/Period Term: Ancient Near Eastern
Image ID: 5000805
Source: Gardners Art Through the Ages 11th Ed./Stokstad 4th Ed. Fig. 2-2
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Height:
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Collection: Digital Media Collection
Work Record ID: Img005799
Work Type - Category: musical instrument
Title: Bull-Headed lyre
Material: wood inlay
Display Date: circa 2600 BCE
Description: from Ur, Muqaiyir, Iraq
Style/Period Term: Ancient Near Eastern
Culture: Sumerian
Repository: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, The University of Pennsylvania Museum
Image ID:5000929
Source: Stokstad 2nd Ed. 2-11/Stokstad 4th Ed. Pg. 35, Fig. B
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Collection: Digital Media Collection
Work Record ID: 23468
Work Type - Category: sculpture
Work Type: relief
Title: Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden
Display Measurement: height: approximately 21 in.
Material: alabaster
Display Date: circa BCE 647
Description: from Kuyunjik, Iraq
Style/Period Term: Ancient Near Eastern
Repository: London, England, UK, The British Museum
ID Number:1197
Image ID: 5000904
Source: Stokstad 3rd Ed. 2-19/Stokstad 4th Ed. Fig. 2-13
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Height:
961
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Collection: Digital Media Collection
Work Record ID: 02-12
Work Type - Category: sculpture
Title: Guardian Figures at Gate a of the Citadel of Sargon II
Display Measurement: 10 feet 2 inches
Material: limestone
Description: During its excavation. Guardian protectors of palaces and throne rooms
Display Date:c. 721–706 BCE
Location: Dur Sharrukin
Location: Khorsabad
Location: Iraq
Culture: Assyrian
Source: Stokstad 2nd Ed. 2-1/4th Ed. 2-12
Work Record ID: 02-18
Work Type – Category: Sculpture
Work Type: relief
Title: Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute
Display Date:491–486 BCE
Materials:Limestone
Display measurement: height: 8'4” Description: Detail of a relief from the stairway leading to the Apadana (ceremonial complex), Persepolis, Iran.
Re
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pository: The Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago.