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Mesopotamian Culture

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.

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Mesopotamian Culture

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  1. Mesopotamian Culture

  2. Architecture

  3. Master Builders • Arch & Dome • Become primary elements in architecture for the rest of human history.

  4. Ziggurat of Ur

  5. Babylon Ishtar Gate

  6. Babylon Today

  7. Literature “Heaven is far away, but earth is precious.”- The Instructions of Shuruppakcirca 2,500 BCE

  8. Cuneiform Writing

  9. “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.”

  10. Cyrus Cylinder 539 BCE

  11. Art

  12. Standard of Ur2500 BCE War

  13. Standard of Ur2500 BCE Peace

  14. Bas-reliefs

  15. Lamassu

  16. Metal Work • Head of Akkadian ruler Sargon I, from Nineveh • Ca. 2350 BCE

  17. Ram Caught in a Thicket ca. 2650-2550 B.C.

  18. Headdress of the Lady Puabi,ca. 2650-2550 BCEGold, lapis lazuli and carnelian

  19. Music

  20. Music

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