1. Ziggurat of Ur Sumerian About 2100 BCE

2. Venus (Woman) of Willendorf (Austria)
PALEOLITHIC FERTILITY IDOL

3. Standard of Ur (Sumerian)

4. Ishtar Gate Neo-Babylonian, 575 BCE
Built by Nebuchadnezzar II to honor Ishtar, the goddess of Love and War.

5. 2141-2122 B.C. Neo-Sumerian period
Gudea of Lagash
B.C. Neo-Sumerian period

6. Stele of Hammurabi
BABYLONIAN
c BCE

7. Human-headed Winged Bull (Lamassu)
Assyrian
Reign of Sargon II, BCE

8. Votive figures at the Temple of Abu (Sumerian)

9. Stele of NaramSin
AKKADIAN
c BCE
6 ½ ft. tall Sandstone