ARH 2050 Chapter 2: ARH2050 Chapter 2 - Art of the Ancient Near East
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Chapter 2 art of the ancient near east. The art of the ancient near east comprises essentially the art of ancient civilizations in and around. Mesopota(cid:373)ia is a (cid:449)o(cid:396)d that (cid:272)o(cid:373)es f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the g(cid:396)eek (cid:894)pota(cid:373) = (cid:396)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:862)the la(cid:374)d between the (cid:396)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)s. (cid:863) the t(cid:449)o (cid:396)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)s a(cid:396)e the tig(cid:396)es a(cid:374)d the euph(cid:396)ates, to the east a(cid:374)d (cid:449)est (cid:396)espe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ely. Ancient mesopotamia, part of what is often called the fertile crescent, is where civilization truly began. The fertile crescent is a geographical area that comprises a crescent shaped area of land that includes all of mesopotamia, phoenicia and the levant, the whole of the eastern end of the mediterranean sea, and lower egypt. From this region comes the first evidence of stone settlements, the invention of the wheel, the first evidence of writing, the first system of recorded law, and the first literary epic. Discoveries in the early 20th century made by archaeologists, particularly a british man named leonard.
