Mesopotamian Culture
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Mesopotamian Culture
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Architecture
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Master Builders Arch & Dome
Become primary elements in architecture for the rest of human history.
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Ziggurat of Ur
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Babylon
Ishtar Gate
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Babylon Today
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Literature“Heaven is far away, but earth is
precious.”
- The Instructions of Shuruppak circa 2,500 BCE
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Cuneiform Writing
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“School Days” – 17th century BCE
My mother gave me two pieces of bread and I went to school.
In school the supervisor asked me, why are you late?
I was afraid. My heart was pounding.I entered into the presence of the masters.I bowed down, and I recited my tablet to the
Master of the school.He said, “You are going to be beaten
because you left out some lines.”
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Cyrus Cylinder 539 BCE
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Art
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Standard of Ur2500 BCE
War
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Standard of Ur2500 BCE
Peace
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Bas-reliefs
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Lamassu
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Metal Work Head of Akkadian
ruler Sargon I, from Nineveh
Ca. 2350 BCE
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Ram Caught in a Thicket ca. 2650-2550 B.C.
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Headdress of the Lady Puabi,ca. 2650-2550 BCEGold, lapis lazuli and carnelian
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Music
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Music