Title: Cuneiform

Artist: Unknown

Stylistic period: Sumer

Title: Ziggurat

Artist: Sumerians

Stylistic period: Sumer

Title: Pyramids of Giza

Artist:Egyptians

Stylistic period: Egypt (Old kingdom)

Title: Menkure and his Wife

Artist: Egyptians

Stylistic period: Egyptian Period (Old Kingdom)

Doric: Small, plain capital

Ionic: Second, scroll capital

Corinthian: Largest, leaves on capital

Title: Discobolos

Artist: Myron

Stylistic period: Classical Greek 

Title: Laocoon and his Sons (Pronounced Lay-ah-kwan)

 Artist: Hagesandros, Polydoros, Athenadoros

Stylistic period: Greek Hellenestic 

Title:Augustus of Prima Porta

Artist: Unknown

Stylistic period: Roman (Imperial)

Title:Colosseum

 Artist: Vespasian and Titus

Stylistic period: Roman Period (Imperial)

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1.Title: Ziggurats

2.Artist: Sumerians

3.Year or approximate year it was created: 3000 BC

4.Stylistic period: Sumer

5.Years covering stylistic period: 6000-2300BC

6. 7 facts

-Made of mudbricks

-Every ziggurat was given a name to honor a specific diety.

-All gods would be honored by using the spiral staircase before going to the next floor.

-They are religous altars, not tombs.

-The spiral staircase mimicked the way one would climb to get to the top of a mountain.

-Sumerians mimicked this because they believed gods lived there.

-Each ziggurat had a statue of the local god in it.

7. This religous artifact reflects the importance of the gods to the Sumerians. Prayer was part of daily life and because Sumerians wanted to be on the good side of the gods, they build their lives around them.

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1.Title: Pyramids

2.Artist: Khufu, Khephren, Menkure,

3.Year or approximate year it was created: 2600-2400BC

4.Stylistic period: Egypt

5.Years covering stylistic period: 3100-300BC

6. 7 facts

-The largest of the three belgoned to Khufu.

-Khephern's was the second largest.

-Menkure's was the smallest.

-Around these pyramids was a graveyard. People were burried here to go with the Pharoahs to the afterlife.

-Together, they are the Pyramids of Giza, but only Khufu's is known as the Great Pyramid.

- A Sphinx was  built next to the second pyramid, pointing east to guard the pyramids and scare graverobbers.

-There were various chambers and shafts in the puramids to confuse those grave robbers.

-The smaller pyramids around the Pyramids of Giza were for the wives and relatives of the Pharaohs.

-Pyramids were made of limestone.

7. The pyramids reflect the Egyptians views and belief on the afterlife. Their culture is based around these various gods and everyone wanted to go with the pharoah when they died.

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1.Title: Greek architecture (Temples)

2.Artist: Greeks

3.Year or approximate year it was created: 10-7th century BC

4.Stylistic period: Greece

5.Years covering stylistic period: 1900-146BC

6. 7 facts

-Faced east so the sun could shine on the god.

-All temples were built at the highest point of a hill.

-There are 3 styles of columns: Doric,Ionic, and Corinthian.

-Small temples had columns in the front and back only.

-Large temples had columns all around.

-Each temple was dedicatd to a specific god, representing each city.

-Large cities could have two temples.

7. The temples reflect the Greeks relgious views since each city had its own god. Also, it expresses the importance of these gods to them because they were built at the highest point of a hill. 

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1.Title: Colusseum
2.Artist:  Vespasian and Titus
3.Year or approximate year it was created: 70-80 AD
4.Stylistic period: Roman
5.Years covering stylistic period: 146BC-476AD
6. 7 facts

-There were 80 portals,76 being numbered and 1 for the emperor.

-Two emperors, Vespasian and Titus from the Flavian empire built the Colosseum to revive Rome since it was nearly brought down by previous emperors.

-It was built so people could trust the government again.

-The women and peseants sat at the top of the arena while the emperor and nobles sat at the bottom.

-It has a retractable roof to shade spectators from sunlight.

-Arena had underground tunnels to hold gladiators or animals for upcomming events.

7. It reflects the culture through the events held in the colusseum. Gladiator fights were seen as entertainment, meaning the Romans wouldn't mind violent sports in their culture.