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Title: Ancient Near East

Description: Vocabulary Practice cards

Total Flash Cards: 12

Created: 12/31/2008 05:40:30

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ziggurats
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derived from Assyrian word, means up or high, example of a mountain, solid stepped tapered walls , usually had a shrine on top
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Cella
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held a cult statue
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cuneiform
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means wedge shaped writing; earliest system of writing
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Stele
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upright stone marker
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Ishtar Gate
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One of the eight gates of babylon, blue glazed bricks decorated with animals: now in Germany
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Nebuchadnezzar
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ruler of neo-Babylonia; he restored architecture with Assyria fell
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Tower of Babel
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A siggurat dedicated to the god Marduk
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Lamassu
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stone figures with part human and part animal features; have 5 legs so that when you walk past them they appear to be walking
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barrel vault
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a half cylindrical vault , semicircular or pointed in cross section , also called a tunnel vault
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Hammurabi
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famous Amorite king best known for his law code based on legal traditions which states relationships of law to society
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Persepolis
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In Iran, palace of the Persian empire built on a large platform; home of Darius and Xerxes
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Zoraster
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religion that taught the world that there were two central forces of light and dark