Ancient Near East

Vocabulary/Terminology


Cella (Holy of Holies)

Civilization

Cuneiform

Cylinder seal

Fertile Crescent

Heraldic composition

Hierarchical scale

Lamassu

Lapis lazuli

Mesopotamia

Register

Stele

Stylus

Votive figures

Ziggurat

Historical and Mythological Figures

Gilgamesh

Hammurabi

Inanna/Ishtar/Astarte

Ahriman

Ahura Mazda

Sir Leonard Woolley

Cyrus the Great

Darius the Great

Dates

3300 B.C.E - Beginning of Bronze Age in the Near East

1200 B.C.E- Beginning of Iron Age in the Near East

Art and Architecture

Warka Vase

Standard of Ur

Statuettes of Two Worhsipers 

Victory stele of Naram-Sin

Gudea of Lagash

Ziggurat at Ur

Lamassu from Citadel of Sargon II

Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions

Ishtar Gate

Processional Frieze from Persepolis

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