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Mesopotamian art and architecture - Akkadian period | Britannica Sargon Of Akkad, Akkadian Empire, Ancient Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia, Ancient Artifacts, Bronze Age, Ancient Civilizations, British Museum, Ancient Times

Mesopotamian art and architecture - Akkadian, Reliefs, Temples: Sargon of Akkad’s (reigned c. 2334–c. 2279 bce) unification of the Sumerian city-states and creation of a first Mesopotamian empire profoundly affected the art of his people, as well as their language and political thought. The increasingly large proportion of Semitic elements in the population were in the ascendancy, and their personal loyalty to Sargon and his successors replaced the regional patriotism of the old cities. The…

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— Seven Posters: 1) Ancient Egypt; 2) Mesopotamia; 3) Ancient Rome; 4) Ancient Greece; 5) Ancient China; and 6) Mesoamerica.— Manufactured for Classrooms: Each poster is 12 x 18 inches. Printed on high-grade, cover-weight satin paper for added protection. Made to withstand the rigors of K-12 classrooms.— Loved by Stude

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Mesopotamia, seleucid period (ca. third-first century B.C.) Baked clay MLC 1872 The Morgan Library & Museum Cuneiform Tablets, Ancient Sumer, Ancient Scripts, Ancient Writing, Baked Clay, Cradle Of Civilization, Ancient Near East, Ancient Kingdom, Ancient Mesopotamia

Lunar eclipses figured prominently in the prognostications of the Babylonian seer. This text was part of the temple ritual. Specific roles and chants are assigned to different types of priests and laypeople. Aromatic woods are to be burned on an altar throughout an eclipse; dirges are to be sung; people are to remove their headgear and cover their heads with their garments, then wail and cry aloud, begging the gods to save them, their cities, and their shrines. The text conceives of an…

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