Ancient Near East

Question 1

Answer 1

Apadana (Audience Hall) of Darius and Xerxes,Persepolis,Iran, 518-460 BCE

Ancient Near East: Persian

Question 2

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Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, Nineveh, c. 647 BCE

Ancient Near East: Assyrian

Question 3

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Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, Nimrud, c. 850 BCE

Ancient Near East: Assyrian

Question 4

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Great Lyre with Bull’s Head and Front Panel of Sound Box, c. 2550-2400 BCE

Ancient Near East: Sumerian

Question 4

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Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute, Persepolis, 491–486 BCE

Ancient Near East: Persian

Question 5

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Head of a Man, c. 2300-2200 BCE

Ancient Near East: Akkadian

Question 7

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Reconstruction drawing of Babylon (with Ishtar Gate) / *Ishtar Gate and Throne room wall, from Babylon, c. 575 BCE

Ancient Near East: Neo-babylonian

Question 8

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Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), c. 2100 – 2050 BCE

Ancient Near East: Sumerian

Question 8

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Reconstruction drawing of Babylon (with Ishtar Gate) / *Ishtar Gate and Throne room wall, from Babylon, c. 575 BCE

Ancient Near East: Neo-Babylonian

Question 9

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*Reconstruction drawing of the citadel and palace complex of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, c. 721-706 BCE

Ancient Near East: Assyrian

Question 10

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Ruins of the White Temple, Uruq (modern Warka, Iraq), c. 3300-3000 BCE

Ancient Near East: Sumerian

Question 11

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Great Lyre with Bull’s Head and Front Panel of Sound Box, c. 2550-2400 BCE

Question 13

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Stele of Hammurabi, c. 1792-1750 BCE

Ancient Near East: Babylonian

Question 14

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Stele of Naramsin, c. 2220-2184 BCE

Ancient Near East: Akkadian

Question 15

Answer 15

Votive Figures, c. 2900-2600 BCE

Ancient Near East: Sumerian