01:082:105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fertile Crescent, Mudbrick, Eshnunna
28 Sep 2016
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Fertile crescent: lands from the persian gulf through iraq, syria, lebanon, jordan, israel, and northern egypt. Invention of writing in mesopotamia- 3,000 bce (cuneiform) For record keeping, of past as well as present; administration. For trade, letter writing, literature, rst epic poem (gilgamesh) Believed to be near the garden of eden. Mesopotamia = land between the rivers (tigris and euphrates rivers) Art in service of organized religion and in service of rulers. Sculpture: metal and stone portraits, relief, sculpture, glazed brick reliefs. Subjects: gods, rulers, guardian gures, battles, hunts, banquets, processions. Most important type of mesopotamian and syrian architecture. Temple - complex -> heart of the city-state. Temple was dedicated to the god of the city-state. Ruler is the representative of god of the city state. The cella, which housed the cult image is the most holy room in a temple.
