ARTH 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lapis Lazuli, Warka Vase, Fertile Crescent

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2: created the city-state, run by lugals (big man)- both secular and religious leader, comparable to the enlightenment the industrial revolution or the renaissance, first recorded poet is the priestess enheduanna. 3: they also produced the first literature, predating homer by 1500 years. Bull headed harps: the sound box is painted with images that could represent the creatures of the underworld and the harp holds some funerary significance, done with red limestone, shell, and lapis lazuli. 5: found with the bodies of 10 women who were most likely sacrifices. 6: it commemorates the akkadian rulers defeat of the lullubi. Third dynasty of ur: the gutians brought an end to akkadian power in 2150bce, the cities of sumer drove them out and established a neo-sumerian state ruled by the kings of. Ur: most imposing neo-sumerian monument is the 50ft ziggurat. Ziggurat, ur: oldest standing tiered temple platform.

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