Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia2
Egypt
Egypt 2
Miscellaneous
100
The Sumerian temple base.
What is a ziggurat.
100
Used to show importance of a person in Mesopotamian reliefs.
What is hierarchal scale.
100
Commemorates the unification of upper & lower Egypt.
What is Palette of Narmer
100
Egyptian art period that breaks with tradition
What is the Amarna Period
100
God of the underworld in Egypt.
Who is Osiris
200
Bull-headed capitals are most often seen in this culture.
What is Persia.
200
King that created laws and placed them on a stele.
Who is Hammurabi
200
Initial form of tombs in Egypt.
What is mastaba
200
Entombed at the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu
200
These are 2 ways ziggurats and pyramids are similar.
Monumental, aligned to cardinal directions
300
The first Akkadian king represented as a god
Who is Naram-Sin
300
Sculpted with a temple plan in his lap, known for restoring temples.
Who is Gudea
300
Akhenaton believed this was the true god.
What is Aton (sun disk)
300
Direction that the Sphinx is facing.
What is East
300
Architect of the stepped pyramid.
Who is Imhotep
400
Created to beautify the city of Babylon.
What is the Ishtar Gate
400
The 4 characteristics of Mesopotamian wall reliefs.
What is composite view, friezes, ground line, hierarchal scale
400
Was the female Pharaoh.
Who is Hathesput
400
He is represented by an eye, bird wings, falcon, anthromorphized as falcon headed man.
Who is Horus
400
Writing of Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform
500
The two prominent themes in Assyrian reliefs.
What is hunting and war.
500
Assyrian chimera sculptures.
What is a Lamassu
500
A swamp plant that is used as the inspiration for columns.
What is papyrus
500
Pyramids were mostly created during this period.
What is the Old Kingdom
500
List the development of Egyptian tomb architecture from earliest to latest.
What is mastaba, stepped pyramid, pyramid, carved cliff-tombs, palace
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