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Mesopotamian Culture. Architecture. Master Builders. Arch & Dome Become primary elements in architecture for the rest of human history. Ziggurat of Ur. Babylon. Ishtar Gate. Babylon Today. Literature.
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Master Builders • Arch & Dome • Become primary elements in architecture for the rest of human history.
Babylon Ishtar Gate
Literature “Heaven is far away, but earth is precious.”- The Instructions of Shuruppakcirca 2,500 BCE
“School Days” – 17th 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.”
Standard of Ur2500 BCE Peace
Metal Work • Head of Akkadian ruler Sargon I, from Nineveh • Ca. 2350 BCE
Headdress of the Lady Puabi,ca. 2650-2550 BCEGold, lapis lazuli and carnelian