Worksheet #1  Chapter 2, Ancient Near East

Ø     Mesopotamia--give general description of economic and agricultural changes (p. 31)

Ø     Sumerian--brief description of culture (p. 32-34)

·        Cuneiform

·        White temple at Urak

• Temple at Eshnunna (Tell Asmar) (p. 35-36)
   

• Votive figures-what are they/what is the characteristic?

·        Standard of Ur (p. 37-38)

Ø     Akkadian - time period/type of culture? (p. 40)

·        Stele of Naram-Sin (p. 41)

Ø     Neo-Sumerian - time period/type of culture? (p. 41-42)

• Staues of Gudea

·        Ziggurat at Ur

Ø     Babylonian - time period/type of culture? (p. 42-43)

• Stele of Hammurabi

Ø     Hittite - time period/type of culture? (p. 44)

·        Lion Gate

Ø     Assyrian - time period/type of culture? (p. 46-47)

·        Royal Citadel of Sargon II

·        Conceptual vs. optical views of Lamassu

·        "Historical narrative" relief sculptures (describe)

·        Ashurbanipal at Nineveh

·        Noble animal adversaries

Ø     Neo-Babylonian - time period/type of culture? (p. 48-49)

• Ishtar Gate

·        Glazed bricks

Ø     Persian - time period/type of culture?( p. 50)

·        Palace at Percepolis

• Darius I / Xerxes

·        Achaemenid style (influences)

Ø     Metal Repousse of the Sassanian culture (p. 52)

Themes:     Horizontal design

          Hunting relief/designs

          Victory relief/designs

          Ziggurat/temples

          Relief sculpture