mesopotamian culture. architecture master builders arch & dome arch & dome become primary elements...
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- Mesopotamian Culture
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- Architecture
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- Master Builders Arch & Dome Arch & Dome Become primary elements in architecture for the rest of human history. Become primary elements in architecture for the rest of human history.
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- Ziggurat of Ur
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- Babylon Ishtar Gate
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- Babylon Today
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- Literature Heaven is far away, but earth is precious. - The Instructions of Shuruppak circa 2,500 BCE
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- Cuneiform Writing
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- School Days 17 th 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.
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- Cyrus Cylinder 539 BCE
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- Art
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- Standard of Ur 2500 BCE War
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- Standard of Ur 2500 BCE Peace
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- Bas-reliefs
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- Lamassu
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- Metal Work Head of Akkadian ruler Sargon I, from Nineveh Head of Akkadian ruler Sargon I, from Nineveh Ca. 2350 BCE Ca. 2350 BCE
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- Ram Caught in a Thicket ca. 2650-2550 B.C.
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- Headdress of the Lady Puabi, ca. 2650-2550 BCE Gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian
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- Music
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- Music