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Unit: Ancient Near East

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The Ancient Near East, an introduction

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The cradle of civilization
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Cuneiform
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Writing Cuneiform
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Cuneiform Tablets
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Cuneiform tablets: backstory
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Sumerian

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The Sumerians and Mesopotamia
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Sumerian art, an introduction
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White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk
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Archaeological reconstructions
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Warka Vase
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Standing Male Worshipper from Tell Asmar
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Perforated Relief of Ur-Nanshe
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Cylinder seals
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The Standard of Ur
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Standard of Ur and other objects from the Royal Graves
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The ‘Ram in a Thicket’
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Akkadian

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Art of Akkad, an introduction
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: nude bearded hero wrestling with a water buffalo; bull-man wrestling with lion
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Neo-Sumerian/Ur III

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Seated Gudea holding Temple Plan
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Ziggurat of Ur
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Canaanite

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Canaanites, an introduction
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Babylonian

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Babylonia, an introduction
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Ancient Babylon: excavations, restorations and modern tourism
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The Babylonian mind
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The Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi
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Hammurabi: The king who made the four quarters of the earth obedient
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Ishtar gate and Processional Way
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Towers of Babel
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The "Queen of the Night" relief
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Kassite Art: Unfinished Kudurru
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Neo-Babylonian
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Law Code of HammurabiGet 4 of 5 questions to level up!
Ishtar GateGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Amorites

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Amorites, an introduction
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Assyrian

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Assyrian art, an introduction
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Assyrian Sculpture
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Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
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Lamassu: backstory
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions
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The palace decoration of Ashurbanipal
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Assyria vs Elam: The battle of Til Tuba
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Persian

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Persian art, an introduction
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The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia
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Capital of a column from the audience hall of the palace of Darius I, Susa
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Persepolis: The Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
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Quiz: Ancient Near Eastern art

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Sasanian

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Sasanian art, an introduction
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Brought to you by Smarthistory. Ancient Near Eastern cultures established the first cities, the earliest code of laws, and the oldest known writing which was used, not for poetry, but for bookkeeping.