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ncient Near East c. 9000-539 BCE HOME OF THE WORLD’S THREE MAJOR RELIGIONS.

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Ancient Near Eastc. 9000-539 BCE

HOME OF THE WORLD’S THREE

MAJOR RELIGIONS.

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Anatolian Goddess giving birth, from Çatal Hüyük, Turkey Neolithic Era c. 6500-5700 BCE

c. 6500-5700 BCE

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War Side and Peace Side of the Standard of Ur, Royal cemetery, c. 2600 BCE, Sumerian

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Presentations of offering to Inanna, from Uruk Sumerian, c. 3200-3000 BCE

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Female Head from UrukMesopotamian culturec. 3500-3000 BCE

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White Temple on its ziggurat (raised up or high, imitation mountains), Uruk, Mesopotamia, Unique to Mesopotamia, c3500-3000 BCE

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Cylinder Seal and Impression, Uruk, c. 3500-3000 BCE

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Statues from Abu Temple at Tell Asmar, Early Sumer dynastic Period c2700-2500 BCE

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Lyre Sound box and inlay, from the tomb of Queen Puabi, Urc2685 BCE

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Head of an Akkadian ruler, possibly Sargon I, Nineveh, Akkad c. 2300-2100 BCE

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Victory stele (an upright stone marker) of Naram-Sin, from Susa, c. 2254-2218 BCE

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Head of Gudea, from Lagash, Neo Sumerian Culture, c. 2100-1800/1900 BCE

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Gudea with the Temple Plan, from Lagash, Neo Sumerian Culture, c. 2100-1800/1900 BCE

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The Law Code of Hammurabi, Susa, capital of Elam, now Iran, c. 1792-1750 BCE, Babylonian

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The Hittites: (c. 1450-1200 BCE)

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Lion Gate or Royal Gate, Hattusas, Boghazköy, Turkey

(1400 BCE )

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Hittite War God from King’s Gate Hattusas, Boghazköy, Turkey(c. 1400 BCE)

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Assyria (c. 1300-612 BCE)

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Assurnasirpal II, from Nimrud, Iraq(c. 883-859)

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King Assurnasirpal II hunting lions, from Nimrud, Iraq, (c. 883-839)

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City attacked with a battering ram, palace of King Assurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq, (c. 883-859 BCE)

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Dying Lioness (detail of the Great Lion Hunt), from the palace of King Assurbanipal II. (c. 668-627 BCE)

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Lamassu, from the gateway, Sargon II’s palace at Dur Sharrukin(c. 720 BCE)

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Front View

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Neo-Babylonian Empire (612-539 BCE)

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Ishtar Gate (reconstructed from Babylon) (c. 575 BCE)

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Scythians (8th to 4th century BCE)

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Stag from Kostromskaya, Russia, 7th century BCE

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Achaemenid Persia (539-331 BCE)

Palace of Persepolis

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Darius Palace of Persepolis500 BCE

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Palace of PersepolisColumn with Bull Capitals500 BCE

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Staircase Relief from the Palace, 500 BCE

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Bull Capital, Persepolis500 BCE

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Achaemenid drinking vessel, Persia 5th Century

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