Near Eastern Art
Land Between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
Mesopotamia
The Step Pyramid of King Djoser
two groups of people located near the Aegean Sea.
Minoans and the Mycenaeans
The first major civilization in Mesopotamia found in the southern region of Sumer. Gave us the first works of art in the forms of sculpture, relief, and pottery.
Sumerian
Indicate the status of the dead. Housed most of the remaining artifacts. The final resting place
Tomb
Pigments mixed directly into wet plaster.
Fresco
This system was used for accounting. With the invention of writing, we enter the realm of history.
Cuneiform
Built in the commemoration of king Khufa, King Khafra, and King Menkaure.
The three great Pyramids at Giza.
First monumental sculpture in Europe (not including StoneHenge).
The Lion Gate
Carved from an outcropping of rock left after quarrying stone. Contains the head of a king and the body of a lion.
largest of the Mycenean Cities.
Mycenae, Greece
One of the earliest written bodies of law, engraved on a black basalt stele, reaching over seven feet tall.
The Code of Hammurabi.
A female King
Hatshepsut
A cultural center to the Minoan, no set kings or government, acted like a micro city.