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Ziggurat at Ur
Period: Sumerian
Date: 2100 B.C.
Material: mud brick
Location: Iraq |
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Statuettes from the Temple of the God Abu at Tell Asmar
Period: Sumerian
Date: 2700 B.C.
Material: Soft Gypsum, shell, and black limestone |
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Standard of Ur (Peace)
Period: Sumerian
Date: 2500 B.C.
Material: Wood, lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone |
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Standard of Ur (War)
Period: Sumerian
Date: 2500 B.C.
Material: Wood, lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone |
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Victory Stele of King Naram-Sin
Period: Akkadian
Date: 2200 B.C.
Material: Pink Sandstone |
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Gudea seated, holding the plan of a temple
Period: Neo-Sumerian
Date: 2100 B.C.
Material: Diorite |
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Stele with law code of Hammurabi
Period: Babylonian
Date: 1780 B.C.
Material: Basalt |
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Fortified Citadel city of King Sargon II at ancient Dur Sharrukin
Period: Assyrian
Date: 720 B.C.
Material: unknown
Location: Iraq |
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Archers pursuing enemies
Period: Assyrian
Date: 870 B.C.
Material: Gypsum |
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Lamassu
Period: Assyrian
Date: 710 B.C.
Material: Limestone |
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions
Period: Assyrian
Date: 650 B.C.
Material: Gypsum |
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Ishtar Gate, from Babylon
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: 575 B.C.
Material: glazed bricks |
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Palace at Persepolis
Period: Achaemenid Persian
Date: 500 B.C.
Material: unknown
Location: Iran |
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Subjects bring gifts to the king
Period: Achaemenid Persian
Date: 500 B.C.
Material: Limestone |
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Palace of Shapur I
Period: Sasanian
Date: 250 A.D.
Material: brick
Location: Iraq |
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Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian
Period: Sasanian
Date: 260 A.D.
Material: mountain
Location: Iraq |
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Palette of Pharaoh Narmer
Period: Pre-Dynasty
Date: 2960 B.C.
Material: slate |
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(Imhotep) Stepped Pyramid of Djoser
Period: Early Dynastic
Date: 2620 B.C.
Material: stone
Location: Egypt |
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Great Pyramids at Gizeh
Period: Old Kingdom
Date: 2550-2470 B.C.
Material: stone |
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Statue of Hem-iunu
Period: Old Kingdom
Date: 2540 B.C.
Material: unknown |
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Idealized Statue of Pharaoh Khafre
Period: Old Kingdom
Date: 2510 B.C.
Material: Diorite |
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Seated Scribe
Period: Old Kingdom
Date: 2500 B.C.
Material: Painted limestone |
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt
Period: Old Kingdom
Date: 2400 B.C.
Material: painted limestone |
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Great Sphinx
Period: Old Kingdom
Date: 2510 B.C.
Material: Sandstone
Location: Gizeh |
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