Prehistoric
Ancient Near East
Egypt
Identifiers
Vocab
100
Old Stone age - mostly nomadic hunter-gatherers
What are the Paleolithic times?
100
A sacred place to worship the moon goddess Nanna. Built by Sumerians.
What is White Temple and Ziggurat?
100
A person's life spirit, must have a statue of their likeness for their spirit to go to
What is Ka?
100
Name this:
What is the anthropomorphic stele?
100
The use of extreme contrasts of light and dark in figurative compositions to heighten their dramatic effect
What is Tenebrism?
200
Painting was found by 4 kids and 1 dog. Uses ochres and pigments on rocks.
What is the Great Hall of Bulls?
200
Narrative device that tells us tallest person is at the top of the hierarchy
What is the Hierarchal Scale?
200
Mastaba
What is a flat-topped, one-story building with slanted walls above a burial chamber?
200
Name this:
What is the Apadana of Darius and Xerxes?
200
Earthworks
What is art that is made by shaping the land itself or by making forms in the land using natural materials like rocks or tree branches?
300
Large prehistoric monuments containing large stones
What are Megaliths?
300
Developed by Sumerians, the first form of writing with pictographs to phonograms
What is cuneiform?
300
Pylon
What is a monumental gateway with a big wall with a small entrance?
300
Universal themes of Standard of Ur
What is power/authority, narrative, war/violence?
300
Art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality.
What is abstract art?
400
Characteristics of Paleolithic art
What are animal paintings, cave paintings, sculptures, and single figures?
400
Chronological order of empires
What is Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian?
400
3 kings who had their own Great Pyramids
Who were Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure?
400
Identify how Menkaure is the king and the queen is supporting him.
What is the queen is taking a smaller step than Menkaure and she has her arms around Menkaure?
400
Low Relief
What is the design projects only slightly from the ground and there is little or no undercutting of outlines?
500
Phases of building Stonehenge
What is Phase 1: Carving of a large circular ditch and adding bluestones, Phase 2: Burials taking place in the ditch and adding wooden posts, Phase 3: Building Trilithons with sarsen stones?
500
Characteristics that made the Persian Empire last longer than previous empires
What was allowing other nearby countries to gain citizenship in the Persian empire, cooperated with other countries rather than fighting for their land, and holding tribute ceremonies with 23 other countries?
500
Describe the process from Mastabas to the Great pyramids.
What was King Djoser wanted something bigger and fancier than mastaba so he hired Imhotep, the first known architect, to create a stepped pyramid. Then the next person wanted a better pyramid which led to smoothing out the edges into a great pyramid?
500
Describe the narrative:
What are the pictographs on top is Narmer's name, Narmer is larger showing he is in power, he's from upper egypt as shown by the hat, the falcon represents the God Horus who is protecting Narmer, Horus is sitting on lotus leaves showing he can grow egypt, Narmer is inspecting his dead enemies, the 2 wild animals he tamed are symbolizing how he unifies upper and lower egypt, and the bull at the very bottom show he is victorious against enemies?
500
Syncretism
What is assimilating and combining images and ideas from different cultural traditions, beliefs, and practices, giving them new meaning?