Ancient Near East, Part II
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Dates:
Sumer: 3,500-2,300 BC
Akkad: 2,300-2,150 BC
Neo-Sumer: 2,150-2,000 BC
Babylon: 1,800-1,600 BC
Assyria: 900-612 BC
Neo-Babylon: 612-539 BC
Persia: 559-331 BC
Terms:
stele
perceptual
(optical)/conceptual
Sculpture:
Akkad:
- Head of an Akkadian ruler, from Nineveh, Iraq
- Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Neo-Sumer:
Babylon:
- Stela of Hammurabi. Susa, Babylon,Iran.