HOWA 1 Midterm Reviewer

Which artifacts are present in the Ancient Near East Period?

• Figurines

• Wall Inscriptions

• Pottery

• Jewelry

• Architecture

made of bone, stone, or metal

art style is similar to egyptians due to close relationships

used symbols and specific animals

• Figurines

• Pottery

• Wall Inscriptions

• Jewelry

• Architecture

steles upon the walls of temples, tombs, and palaces

depicts scenes of battle and images of Gods and kings as ornamentation and to pay tribute to those they honored.

• Figurines

• Pottery

• Wall Inscriptions

• Jewelry

• Architecture

clay, soil, reeds, rushes

bricks made of mud and chopped straw; either sun dried or kiln fired

timber, copper, tin, lead, gold, silver imported

• Figurines

• Pottery

• Wall Inscriptions

• Jewelry

• Architecture

one of the oldest forms of writing known

"wedge-shaped" using a reed stylus

first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3,500 BC

• Cuneiform

• Cunieform

• Kyunieform

• Cuniform

• Kuniform

Select all choices that is related to Ancient Near East Art Decorations

• colossal winged-bulls guarding chief gates

• Polychrome glazed bricks in blue, white, yellow, or green

• Relief Sculptures

WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF...

Ziggurats

• A symbolic focal point of the city representing a visual connection of their god ruling over them

• A literal focal point of the city representing a visual connection of their god ruling over them

• A symbolic focal point of the city representing an emotional of their god ruling over them

WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF...

White Temple and Ziggurats

• "high temple (Hochtempel)" type with a tri-partite plan: a long rectangular central hall with rooms on either side

• "low temple (Hochtempel)" type with a tri-partite plan: a long rectangular central hall with rooms on either side

• "high temple (Hochtempel)" type with a dual-partite plan: a long rectangular central hall with rooms on either side

also known as modern day middle east

artifacts made of stone, clay, and known metals

art style similar to egyptians due to close relationships

development of the cuneiform

• Ancient Near East

• Ancient Near West

• Ancient Near South

Ancient Near East started at this period

• 4000 BCE

• 3000 BCE

• 2000 BCE