Post on 22-Feb-2016
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Mesopotamian Culture
Architecture
Master Builders Arch & Dome
Become primary elements in architecture for the rest of human history.
Ziggurat of Ur
Babylon
Ishtar Gate
Babylon Today
Literature“Heaven is far away, but earth is
precious.”
- The Instructions of Shuruppak circa 2,500 BCE
Cuneiform Writing
“School Days” – 17th century BCE
My mother gave me two pieces of bread and I went to school.
In school the supervisor asked me, why are you late?
I was afraid. My heart was pounding.I entered into the presence of the masters.I bowed down, and I recited my tablet to the
Master of the school.He said, “You are going to be beaten
because you left out some lines.”
Cyrus Cylinder 539 BCE
Art
Standard of Ur2500 BCE
War
Standard of Ur2500 BCE
Peace
Bas-reliefs
Lamassu
Metal Work Head of Akkadian
ruler Sargon I, from Nineveh
Ca. 2350 BCE
Ram Caught in a Thicket ca. 2650-2550 B.C.
Headdress of the Lady Puabi,ca. 2650-2550 BCEGold, lapis lazuli and carnelian
Music
Music