AHS 101 Quiz: Test 2 Notes
8 Apr 2015
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Mesopotamia: area between the tigris and euphrates rivers (the twin rivers). 1st place with real cities, the invention of urban life. First site of civilized cities city-states (independent). Sumerian writing consisted of business records, oldest written genre. Warka vase: carved from stone, ba relief details, figures at three levels. Content: people bringing food up to the sumerian goddess, inanna. Distinction long robes, lower robe with fringe-like details. No legs or only lower legs covered with cylindrical robe. Roll over soft medium that leaves an impression used to mark possessions. Ziggurat: largest structure in a sumerian city. Standard of ur: box with blue background and gold figures. One side depicts war as the other side depicts a banquet. Lyre with a bull"s head: shown in the standard or ur and found in a tomb. Register: horizontal band with a ground line. Akkadian: a king starts conquering other cities for expansion.
