Vocab 2 Flashcards
0
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Persian Royal audience hall
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Apadana
1
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Multitiered structure thought to have served as a temple platform
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Ziggurat
2
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Stone monument with relief carving
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Stele
3
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Assyrian king
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Ashurnasirpal
4
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Near Eastern goddess of love and fertility
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Ishtar
5
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Ruler who codified Babylonian laws
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Hammurabi
6
Q
Akkadian ruler
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Naram-Sin
7
Q
Mesopotamian river
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Tigris
8
Q
Sasanian capital
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Cyesiphon
9
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Sumerian inlaid panel
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Standard of Ur
10
Q
Persian capital city
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Persepolis
11
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Governor of Lagash
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Gudea
12
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Incised decoration
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Intaglio
13
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Babylonian monument that uses the arch and glazed tiles
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Ishtar gate
14
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Site of Assyrian palace of Sargon II
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Khorsabad
15
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Mesopotamian river
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Euphrates
16
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Arched wall decoration having no actual openings
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Blind arcades
17
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Shapur I
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Sasanian king
18
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Winged, human- headed bull
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Lamassu
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Site of a ziggurat
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Ur
