1st Six

Question 1

Some Apples, Bananas, And Peaches

Answer 1

Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Persian

Question 2

Sumerian accomplishments

Answer 2

City of Ur- First independent state Architecture- Ziggurats Ana and Nanna- Gods Voltive Figures Developed 1st writing system Cylinder seals for stamping Epic of Giglamesh- oldest ethic poem in existence

Question 3

Akkadian

Answer 3

Sargon I defeats Summerians Stele of Naramsin- heiractic scale- brutality in art

Question 4

Babylonian

Answer 4

United Sumer under Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE) Stele of Hammurabi- Code of Laws Creation of Myths

Question 5

Assyrian

Answer 5

Took control around 1400 BCE King Assurbanipal Kept firrst Library ziggurat form & Sumerian texts Human- head lion LAMASSUs guard palace

Question 6

Persian

Answer 6

Cyrus & the citadel at Persepolis (built between 521-465 BCE)

Question 7

Neo-Sumerian

Answer 7

Gudea of Lagash- ruler

Question 8

Neo- Babylonian

Answer 8

Nebuchanezzar II

Question 9

Answer 9

Ziggurat of Ur

Sumerian culture

2100 BCE

made of of mudbrick

Question 10

Answer 10

Lyre of Queen Puabi (Ur)

Sumerian

2685 BCE

1. ) Found in a grave of king
2. ) Similar to a harp we see on Standard of Ur
3. ) 5 ft. 5 in. tall
4. ) Heraldic Composition
5. ) Discovered by Sir Leonard Wolly

Question 11

Answer 11

Votive figures at the temple of Abu (Sumerian)

2500 BCE

1. )Largest is 30 in. high
2. )Made out of limestone
3. )Images dedicated to the Gods
4. ) Hands folded in gesture

Eyes are so prominent bc “ Eternal Awakeness” always watching

5. ) Men shown bare chested
6. ) Women showin in sholder
7. ) Louvre Paris

Question 12

Answer 12

1. ) 3 styistic convensions
   - Horizontal bands (registers)
   - Narrative
   - Size indicated social status
2. ) Materials
   - Lapisazuli (blue)
   - Red limestone
   - Shale
3. ) 8 inches by 1 foot 7 inches

Discovered in the 1920s

Question 13

Answer 13

Cylinder Seals

1. ) Used as a means of stamping & identifying documents
2. ) Roll the seal out on clay & get the image
3. ) A couple of inches

Question 14

Answer 14

Sargon I

First Akkadian Ruler

1. ) embodies the new conceept of royal power- loyalty to the king
2. ) Made from Copper
3. ) Differing textures flesh vs hair vs lips
4. ) Knocked ocer in antiquity but also signs of deliberate mutilation
5. ) Artist balaced naturalism and abstract patterning
6. ) 1 ft. 2. 3/8 inches

Question 15

Answer 15

Stele of NaramSin

Akkadian

2300-2200 BCE

6 1/2 ft. tall

Sandstone

First time a king appears as a God in Mesopotamian Art

Relief Sculpture

Question 16

Answer 16

Gudea of Lagash

2141-2122 BC

Neo-Sumerian

16 1/8 in.

wearing the persian lamb fur cap

Cartouche

Question 17

Answer 17

Stele of Hammurabi

Babylonian

1780 BCE

7ft. tall

relief sculpture

shamash- sun god

First lawcode we have evidence of

Question 18

Answer 18

Ashurbanipal hunting lions

645-640 BCE

5 ft 4 inches high

intention is to glorify the rule

Assyrian

Question 19

Answer 19

Human- Headed Winged Bull

Assyrian

721-705 BCE

Lamassu

Head- intellegence

Body- strength

Wings- speed

Question 20

Answer 20

Ishtar Gate

Neo-Babylonian

575 BCE

Dedicated to the goddess Ishtar

Not in situ

47 ft high and 32 ft wide

Question 21

Answer 21

At its height the Persian Empire extended from Africa to India

Located in Iran

Darius I (started)

Xerxes (finished)

located on platuea

Heavily fortified

Laid on rectangular grid

Question 22

Answer 22

Royal Audience Hall

60 ft

Contained 36 columns

217 sq ft

Question 23