Unit Test 1 - facts Flashcards
When was Magdalenian Culture?
16,000 - 8,000 BCE
When was the art in Chauvet Caves probably made?
20,000 - 16,000 BCE
Where is Magdalenian Culture from?
Areas like Southern France, Northern Spain
Where are the Chauvet Caves located?
France
Where was the first granary?
Dhra, Jordan
When was the first granary made?
9,000 BCE
When were granaries in the shape of big buckets created?
2007
Where were granaries in the shape of big buckets found?
Ethiopia
Where is Catal Huyuk?
Turkey
When was Catal Huyuk made?
7,500 - 5,700 BCE
When was Eridu made?
3,500 BCE
What were the people who made and lived in Eridu called?
Sumerians
Which period is Clay tablets in Mesopotamia from?
Uruk
When were Votive Figures of Tel Asmar made?
2,750 - 2,650 BCE
Where were Votive Figures made?
Modern day Iraq
Where are the Votive Figures now?
Iraq Museum, Baghdad
What were the Votive Figures made of?
Gypsum
When was the Ziggurat of Ur made?
2,500 - 2,000 BCE
When was the head of an Akkadian ruler made?
2,250 - 2,220 BCE
What is the head of an Akkadian ruler made of?
Copper Alloy
How high is the head?
36.5 cm
Where is the head now?
Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Who made the ‘The City’?
Michael Heizer
When was ‘The City’ made?
1972
________, The Ruler of Lagash
Gudea
When was Gudea made?
2,144 - 2,124 BCE
Who painted ‘Woman with Dead Child’?
Kaethe Kollwitz
When was ‘Woman with Dead Child’ painted?
1903
What technique was used for ‘Woman with Dead Child’?
Soft-ground etching
What is the medium of ‘Woman with Dead Child’?
Soft-ground etching
When were granaries in the shape of baskets made?
2007
Where were granaries in the shape of baskets made?
Ethiopia
Who made the ‘Cake Man’?
Yinka Shonibare
When was the ‘Cake MAn’ made?
2013
What were the materials used for ‘Cake Man’?
Fibreglass, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, plaster, polystyrene, leather, steel baseplate
The Chauvet Caves are found near a rock bridge called the
Pont D’Arc
What kind of rock are the paintings of the Chauvet Caves on?
Limestone
What was used to create the rock paintings?
Charcoal, minerals from soil
What is a mineral with pigment which comes in yellowish brown, red, etc colors?
Ochre
Village Granary in ______ is a structure with a lid, and a ladder to reach inside it.
Burkina Faso
Who is the Greek Goddess of harvest, agriculture, fertility?
Goddess Demeter
Where is the Fertile Crescent?
It was in West Asia. Present day Levant and Middle East. (From middle of Turkey down to the hills of Iraq and Iran)
What was writing originally for?
Bookkeeping
Where is Mesopotamia?
b/w Tigres and Euphrates rivers. Modern Day Iraq
Where were the Voltiv Figures from?
Tel Asmar, Iraq
When was the Ur III period?
2,100 - 2,000 BCE
Where is Al Attrine Madrasa?
Fez, Morocco
When was Al Attrine Madrasa constructed?
1323 - 1325
Who were the first hunting society?
Gravittiens
When was the Ice Age?
27,000 - 13,000 BCE
