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Ancient Near Eastern Art

  • Period: 4500 BCE to 2333 BCE

    Sumer

    The summerian known as the Cradle of Civilization, because they presented a sofistication never seen before in their city-states, the division the labor force, they teocratic form of goverment. The use of mud brick, alabaster, clay, limestone, lapis lazuli, gold, shells used in their art. The early written expression called cuneiform, a greater example the Epic of Gilgamesh. Their ziggurat where the gods and humans talked.
  • Period: 2332 BCE to 2154 BCE

    Akkad

    In Mesopotamia one of the first Empire known to humanity has rose to power the Akkadian Empire (northern) had defeated the Sumerians, lead by Sargon. The Akkadian had their peak under Naram-sin, their power fell circa 2150. Their art reflects the power progress, the divine and the man.
  • Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE

    Neo-Sumer

    The Sumerian had defeated the Akkadian Empire. The period known as the Neo-Sumer has started under a new king called Gudea. A new Ziggurat has been built in honor to Nanna. Under his rule he built and restored temples, and within them placed the new votive status made of diorite. This period of time lasted a centurie where Mesopotamia was a contested land.
  • Period: 1894 BCE to 537 BCE

    Babylon

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 610 BCE

    Assyrian

  • Period: 549 BCE to 330 BCE

    Persian