Global Prehistory
This prehistoric period is associated with hunter-gatherer societies and art that commonly focuses on animals.
What is the Paleolithic period
This Sumerian writing system was first developed largely for bookkeeping and trade.
What is cuneiform
This Babylonian king is famous for creating a written collection of roughly 300 laws.
Who is Hammurabi
Assyrian society revolved heavily around this activity, which helped the empire expand rapidly.
What is warfare / the military
Unlike many earlier Mesopotamian empires, the Persians generally allowed conquered peoples to keep their religions, languages, and local political traditions as long as they did this
What is pay tribute to the Persian king
This dating method uses the decay of carbon-14 to estimate the age of organic materials such as bone, antler, and shell.
What is radiocarbon dating
This AP Art History work from Uruk was built on a raised platform and served as a religious center dedicated to the sky god Anu.
What is the White Temple and its Ziggurat
This AP Art History work combines a large body of written law with an image of the king receiving authority from the sun god Shamash.
What is the Stele of Hammurabi
This massive Assyrian guardian figure combines the head of a man, body of a bull, and wings of an eagle.
What is a Lamassu
This ceremonial Persian capital contained the great audience hall of Darius and Xerxes.
What is Persepolis
Paleolithic cave paintings often show multiple images painted on top of one another because artists contributed to the same cave walls over long periods of time. This visual feature is called this.
What is superimposition / overlapping images
These Sumerian sculptures were placed in temples so they could symbolically pray on behalf of their donors.
What are the Statues of Votive Figures
The Stele of Hammurabi is carved from this dark volcanic stone.
What is basalt
A Lamassu has this unusual number of legs so that it appears stationary from the front and walking from the side.
What is five
The large audience hall at Persepolis was known by this Persian architectural term.
What is an apadana
This major Neolithic development caused humans to begin living in permanent settlements and dramatically changed the subjects of their art.
What is the domestication of plants and animals / the Neolithic Revolution / agriculture
On the Standard of Ur, the king is shown larger than other figures to communicate his greater importance. This artistic convention is called this.
What is hierarchy of scale
In the relief at the top of Hammurabi's stele, Shumash presents Hammurabi with which symbols of authority.
What are a measuring rod and coiled rope
The term for an image or object intended to ward off evil or bad luck is this.
What is apotropaic
Relief sculptures on the Apadana stairways show representatives from this many subject nations bringing tribute to the Persian king.
What is 23
Compared with Paleolithic art, Neolithic paintings more often show this major change in subject matter
What is a greater emphasis on humans and human activity
The Standard of Ur was made from costly imported materials, including this prized blue stone that came largely from Afghanistan.
What is lapis lazuli
In the Stele of Hammurabi, Shamash is shown taller than Hammurabi even though he is seated. This visual choice reinforces this idea.
What is Shamash's higher status or divine authority
Assyrian palace reliefs often reinforced royal power by showing kings dominating these two kinds of opponents.
What are enemies and nature/animals
The Apadana's tightly packed columns created this type of architectural interior space.
What is a hypostyle hall