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UMBC Art History 1 Test 1
UMBC Art History 1 Test 1
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/01/2010

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corbeling

Definition
Stacking inward of walls and roof (igloo style)
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Mesopotamia

Definition
Area between the Tigris and Euphrates
Term
Sumer
Definition
City State in lower Mesopotamia (Iraq)
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Akkad
Definition
Conqured Mesopotamia 
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Babylon
Definition
Conquered after Akkad
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Assyria
Definition
After Babylon
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Persia
Definition
Last to Conquer
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Ziggurat
Definition
Sumerian Stepped Temples
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Stele
Definition
Upright Stone Slab
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Capitol
Definition
Block at the top of column
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Predynastic
Definition
Egypt -5000-2950BCE 
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Early Dynastic 
Definition
Egypt- 2950- 2575 BCE
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Old Kingdom  
Definition
Egypt- 2575-2150BCE
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New  Kingdom 
Definition
Egypt-1539-1075 BCE
Term

King Djoser

Definition
Buried in first tomb
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Imhotep
Definition
First Known Architect
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Hatshepsut

Definition
Treated like a male Pharaoh and built spectacular temple 
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Akhenaton

Definition
Believed in one god
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Cannon of porportions
Definition
Mathematical human ratios
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mastaba

Definition
Flat Egyptian tomb
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faience

Definition
Glazed ceramic
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hypostyle hall

Definition
Large room with many columns
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Pylon
Definition
Massive Gateway
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clerestory

Definition
Raised roof with holes
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colonnade

Definition
Row of columns supporting a lintel
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