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WESTERN ASIA/MESOPOTAMIA
Neolithic Cultures
Proto-urbanism: “Towns”
Agriculture
Beginning of Social and Spatial Hierarchy
Mesopotamian Cultures
Formation of Cities
Writing and Documentation
Trade
Social Hierarchy: Kingship
Spatial Hierarchy: Temple and Palace Complexes
Beginning of “empire”
Advanced metallurgy and craftwork
Mesopotamian Cultures
Neolithic
9000 BCE
Sumer
3500-2340
Akkad
2340-2180
Babylonia
1792-1750
Assyria
1800-612
Neo-Babylonia
600
Persia
500
MESOPOTAMIAN CULTURES
Society:
Urbanism: City-states
Social Hierarchy and Codes: The King
Writing: Cuneiform
Architecture:
Fortified Cities
Temple Complex
Ziggurat
Palace Architecture
Art:
Human Representation: Stylized/Emblematic
Narratival Art: War, militarism, hunt
Inscriptions: Codes
City of Ur (Sumer), 2000 BCE
Catal Huyuk
Terrestrial Cosmology
Celestial Cosmology
Citadel of Sargon II, Assyria, 721 BCE
Cuneiform Writing
Stele of Hammurabi, Susa, Babylon
Assurnasirpal Killing Lions, Nimrud
Stele of Naramsin, Akkadian City
Commemorating imperial victory
Votive Statues, Square Temple, Eshnunna, 2900 BCE
Babylon, Residential Area
Oval Temple, Khafaje, 2650 BCE
Temple of Ishtar-Kititum, Babylon, 1900
BCE
Warka, “White Temple,” 3500 BCE
White Temple, Uruk, 3000 BCE
Nanna Ziggurat, Ur, 2100 BCE
City of Babylon
Ishtar Gate, Babylon, 6th c. BCE
Apadana Hall, Persepolis, Persia, 518 BCE
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