1. Ancient Near East Part 1 Jericho - Sumer

3. MESOPOTAMIA: SUMMARY PERIOD OUTLINE ANCIENT NEAR EAST EMPIRES Sumer3000-2334 BCE Akkadian2340-2193 BCE Neo-Sumerian2125-2004 BCE Old Babylonian2025-1594 BCE Old Assyrian1600-1100 BCE Hittite1600-1200 BCE Neo-Assyrian/1000-539 BCE Babylonian Persia559-334 BCE

4. The Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia: the land between two rivers The First Cities: Jericho, c.8000-7000 BCE Ain Ghazal, c. 7200-5000 BCE Chatal Huyuk, c.6500-5500 BCE

7. Jericho (Jordan): aerial view: mound of 1st town (front) modern city (middle) and Dead Sea (back)

9. A different tradition: The Human Figures at Ain Ghazal, Jordan

10. Chatal Huyuk c. 6500 - 5500 BCE

11. Ain Ghazal: 2 phases of pre-pottery Neolithic house c. 7200-5000 BCE

13. Chatal Huyuk Anatolia Early, if not the first example of a cityscape wall painting. On top: restored painting Below: pre-restoration.

14. SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA SUMER 3000-2334 BCE

23. MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE: The ZIGGURAT (form and function) Ziggurat- example of monumental religious architecture Stepped pyramids structures with a temple or shrine on top Represented wealth, prestige, and prosperity of a city’s rulers and glorified its gods. Symbol of bridge between heaven and earth

25. Uruk (modern Warka in Iraq): White Temple of Anu, c.3300-3000 BCE

27. Nanna Ziggurat, Ur, c.2100—2050 BCE (present-day Muqaiyir, Iraq)

35. Carved vase (known as the Uruk Vase) Alabaster c. 3300-3000 BCE One of the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture. The vase has three registers, or levels, of carving.