Chapter 2 Culture

Mesopotamian

Peace side of the “Standard of Ur”
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Jewelry

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Persian

blue pottery
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Rugs
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Egyptian

Statues
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Perfume Bottles
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Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Apadana: Audience HallPicture Address:  http://www.persepolis3d.com/data_apadana/apadana_08.htm

Crenellated Battlements: crenellations is the alternating vertical recesses on top of the walls and towers.Picture Address:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_Gate#mediaviewer/File:Pergamon_Museum_Berlin_2007109.jpg

squelch: a support that connects two adjacent wallsPicture Address: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Squinch.jpg/320px-Squinch.jpg

khekhers:decorative band consisting of papyrus-stalks bundled together with the floral parts at the top.

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Cartonnage: Linen or papyrus held together by glue and molded into coffins and funeral masks.Picture Address:  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/archive/uc55084.gif