Prehistoric
Ancient Near East
Egypt
Aegean & Etruscan
Islam
100
means "old stone age"
What is paleolithic?
100
land between the Tigris and Euphrates
What is mesopotamia?
100
cross-dressing pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
100
it may be the first true landscape
What is the Spring Fresco?
100
the sacred Islamic text
What is the Koran?
200
ring of megaliths generally thought to be a calendar
What is Stonehenge?
200
winged bulls with five legs and human heads
What are lamassu?
200
a "city of the dead"
What is a necropolis?
200
small figures found at grave sites: men are harpers, women are standing
What is Cycladic art?
200
the two holiest cities
What are Mecca & Medina?
300
Rubens had nothing on this robust prehistoric woman
What is the Venus of Willendorf?
300
sculptures of limestone, alabaster and gypsum - known for their enormous eyes
What are the votive figures of Tel Asmar?
300
an aquatic plant used as a writing surface
What is papyrus?
300
Mycenaean doorway with pediment on post-and-lintel construction
What is the Lion Gate?
300
a tall slender column used to call people to prayer
What is a minaret?
400
media used in Lascaux
What are ocre, charcoal & plants?
400
three registers; two sides - one side depicts war and the other peace
What is the Standard of Ur?
400
simple burial place (before pyramids)
What is a mastaba?
400
legendary city discovered by Heinrich Schliemann
What is Troy?
400
a flowing, intricate & symmetrical pattern derived from floral motifs
What is arabesque?
500
a method of construction in which two posts support a horizontal beam
What is post-and-lintel?
500
Assyrian bas-relief; one of the oldest surviving narratives in art; shows emotion in animals but not in the humans
What is the Lion Hunt?
500
Akhenaton's new art style
What is Amarna style?
500
uses rough, massive blocks of stone piled atop each other without mortar
What is cyclopean masonry?
500
Spanish mosque with double-arched columns, horseshoe arches and alternating bands of color
What is the Great Mosque of Cordoba?
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