Set: Chapter 2: Gardner's Art Through the Ages

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apadanaPersian royal audience hall
stelestone monument with relief carving
AshurnasirpalAssyrian king
IshtarNear Eastern goddess of love and fertility
Hammurabiruler who codified Babylonian laws
Naram-SinAkkadian ruler
TigrisMesopotamian river
CtesiphonSasanian capital
Standard of UrSumerian inlaid panel
PersepolisPersian capital city
Gudeagovernor of Lagash
GilgameshSumerian hero who struggled with a lion
Ishtar GateBabylonian monument that uses the arch and glazed tiles
Khorsabadsite of Assyrian Palace of Sargon II
cuneiformwedge-shaped signs as writing
blind arcadearched wall decoration having no actual openings
Shapur ISasanian king
lamassuwinged, human-headed bull
Ursite of ziggurat
zigguratmultitiered structure thought to have served as a temple platform
iwana brick audience hall covered by a barrel vault

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Terms 21
Creator J-200Anatomy
Created September 16, 2008
Group Mr. Miller WHS
Subject the rise of civilization
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