MESOPOTAMIA Land between the Rivers The Ancient Fertile Crescent The Cradle of Civilization Ziggurat at Ur c BCE Temple Mountain of the Gods c BCE Temple Mountain of the Gods Ziggurat at Ur (modern day Iraq), c BCE SOUNDBOX OF A SUMERIAN LYRE (UR, IRAQ), C BCE FROM SUMERIAN ROYAL CEMETERY Standard of Ur Standard of Ur (Ur), c BCE Contrast between war and peace/ use of registers to depict a narrative/ discoveries from royal Sumerian graves/ depiction of human figures/ lapis lazuli (Blue Stone) WAR SIDE OF THE STANDARD OF UR PEACE SIDE OF THE STANDARD OF UR WAR SIDE OF THE STANDARD OF UR, FROM TOMB 779, ROYAL CEMETERY, UR (MODERN TELL MUQAYYAR), IRAQ, CA BCE. WOOD INLAID WITH SHELL, LAPIS LAZULI, AND RED LIMESTONE, 8 X 1 7. PEACE SIDE OF THE STANDARD OF UR Votive Figures (Ur,Iraq), c BCE Gypsym, Lapis Lazuli Dying LionessDying Lioness, Assyrian relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah, Iraq) c. 650 BCE Stele with law code of Hammurabi Stele with law code of Hammurabi (Susa, Iran), c BCE, basalt USE OF LAW TO ESTABLISH A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT (TALION LAW)/ GOD (SHAMASH) AND RULER LINKED Left: Layout of Persepolis Below: Bull Capital Iran c BCEBull Capital Royal Audience Hall (apadana) at Persepolis of Darius I (Iran), PERSEPOLIS (APADANA IN THE BACKGROUND), IRAN, CA. 521465 BCE. Art of the Ancient Near East