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Ancient Near East. Iraq. Fertile Cressent. Cuneiform Tablet 2400 BCE Library of Congress. White Temple and ziggurat, Urak, ca. 3200 – 3000 BCE. Choghazanbi ziggurat, Iran (present day). Ziggurat (northern façade with restored stairs), Ur (Modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Ancient Near East
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Iraq
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Fertile Cressent
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Cuneiform Tablet 2400 BCE Library of Congress
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White Temple and ziggurat, Urak, ca. 3200 – 3000 BCE
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Choghazanbi ziggurat, Iran (present day)
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Ziggurat (northern façade with restored stairs), Ur (Modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE
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Diagram of a ziggurat from Ur in Sumer
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Two statuettes from the Square Temple at Eshnunna, 2700 BCE
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Standard of Ur war panel
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Standard of Ur Peace Panel
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (detail of upper portion)
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detail
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Stele with law code of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, ca 1780 BCE. Basalt, approx. 7’ 4” high.
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Stele of Hammurabi (detail of upper portion)
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Assyrian Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, 720-705 BCE, Limestone 13’ 10” high
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, ca. 645-640 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4” high
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Processional frieze (detail) on the terrace of the royal audience hall (apadana), Persepolis, Iran, ca 521-465 BCE