Ancient Near East

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The Ancient Near East, an introduction
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Persian
Quiz: Ancient Near Eastern art
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The Ancient Near East, an introductionSumerianAkkadianBabylonianAssyrianPersianQuiz: Ancient Near Eastern artUnit test
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The Ancient Near East, an introduction
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The cradle of civilization
Sumerian
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The Sumerians and Mesopotamia
Sumerian art, an introduction
White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk
Archaeological reconstructions
Cuneiform
Writing Cuneiform
Cylinder seals
Standing Male Worshipper from Tell Asmar
Standard of Ur and other objects from the Royal Graves
The Standard of Ur
Perforated Relief of Ur-Nanshe
Ziggurat of Ur
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Standard of Ur
8 questions
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Akkadian
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Art of Akkad, an introduction
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Cylinder seal and modern impression: nude bearded hero wrestling with a water buffalo; bull-man wrestling with lion
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Victory Stele of Naram Sin
4 questions
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Babylonian
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Visiting Babylon
Babylonia, an introduction
The Babylonian mind
The "Queen of the Night" relief
Hammurabi: The king who made the four quarters of the earth obedient
The Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi
Kassite Art: Unfinished Kudurru
Neo-Babylonian
Ishtar gate and Processional Way
Towers of Babel
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Law Code of Hammurabi
5 questions
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Ishtar Gate
4 questions
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Assyrian
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Assyrian art, an introduction
Assyrian Sculpture
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Ashurbanipal hunting lions
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions
4 questions
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Persian
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Persian art, an introduction
Persepolis: The Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia
Capital of a column from the audience hall of the palace of Darius I, Susa
Quiz: Ancient Near Eastern art
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Ancient Near Eastern art (quiz)
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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.