ARTH120 Ancient Mesopotamia Final (simplified)

Neolithic peoples: locations (2)

Levant, Anatolia

Neolithic peoples: sites (4, JAGC)

Jericho, Ain Ghazal, Gobelki Tepe, Catal Huyuk

Neolithic peoples: art/objects (1)

plastered skulls

Neolithic peoples: themes (3)

Ancestor cult, early religion, ritual centers

Sumerians: gods (3)

Anu, Ea, Ianna

Sumerians: cities (4)

Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur

Sumerians: rulers

Ur-nammu, Gudea

Warka vase, uruk mask, tell Asmar statues, Standard of Ur, Great Lyre, Ram and a Thicket, Ziggurat of Ur, Gudea Statue with temple plans

Sumerians: art (9)

Akkadians: cities (1)

akkad

Akkadians: rulers (2)

Naram-Sin, Enheduanna

Akkadians: themes (3)

kings portrayed as divine, military conquest, triumph imagery

Akkadians: art (3)

disk of enheduanna, copper head of Nineveh, victory stele of naram sin

Babylonians (OLD): gods (1)

Marduk

Babylonians (OLD): cities (1)

babylon

Babylonians (OLD): rulers (1)

Hammurabi

Babylonians (OLD): art (2)

Law code of Hammurabi, queen of the night

Neo-Babylonians: gods (5)

Ishtar, marduk, adad, nabu, mushushu

Neo-babylonians: rulers (1)

Nebuchadnezzar II

Neo-babylonians: art (4)

Etemenanki Ziggurat, Esagila Temple, Processional Way, Ishtar Gate

Assyrians: gods (1)

Ashur

Assyrians: cities (4)

Assur, Nineveh, Kalhu, Dur-Sharrukin

Assyrians: rulers (2)

Ashurbanipal, Ashurbanipal II

Assyrians: themes (4)

warfare, hunting, royal power, tribute

Assyrians: art (6)

city of assur, Assyrian palace plans, tree of life relief, throne relief, lamassu, lion hunt relief

Elamites (Iranian plateau): cities (1)

susa

Elamites (Iranian plateau): monument (1)

choga zanbil

Persians (Achaemenid Empire): religion (1)

Zoroastrianism

Persians (Achaemenid Empire): gods (1)

Ahura Mazda

Persians (Achaemenid Empire): cities (3)

Pasargadae, Persepolis, Susa (later)

Persians (Achaemenid Empire): rulers (3)

Cyrus the Great, Darius I, Xerxes I

Persians (Achaemenid Empire): themes (4)

Imperial unity, tribute, kingship, divine support from the Ahura Mazda

Persians (Achaemenid Empire): art/architecture (8)

tomb of Cyrus, darc coin, bison relief, Susa glazed bricks, apadana, tribute bearers, Persepolis, tomb of Darius