Ancient Near East
Vocabulary/Terminology
Cella (Holy of Holies)
Civilization
Cuneiform
Cylinder seal
Fertile Crescent
Heraldic composition
Hierarchical scale
Lamassu
Lapis lazuli
Mesopotamia
Register
Stele
Stylus
Votive figures
Ziggurat
Historical and Mythological Figures
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Inanna/Ishtar/Astarte
Ahriman
Ahura Mazda
Sir Leonard Woolley
Cyrus the Great
Darius the Great
Dates
3300 B.C.E - Beginning of Bronze Age in the Near East
1200 B.C.E- Beginning of Iron Age in the Near East
Art and Architecture
Warka Vase
Standard of Ur
Statuettes of Two Worhsipers
Victory stele of Naram-Sin
Gudea of Lagash
Ziggurat at Ur
Lamassu from Citadel of Sargon II
Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
Ishtar Gate
Processional Frieze from Persepolis