Test I


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This flashcard set delves into ancient civilizations, focusing on temples, empires, gods, and key figures like Hammurabi and Shamash. It covers artifacts such as the Code of Hammurabi, the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, and the Rosetta Stone, along with architectural marvels like ziggurats, hypostyle halls, and citadels. The flashcards explore the Mycenaean, Minoan, and Assyrian cultures, highlighting their contributions to art and governance. Ideal for university students, this set provides a comprehensive overview of early human achievements and their cultural significance.
Flashcards
75
Students
2
Language
English
Category
History
Level
University
Created / Updated
18.09.2015 / 09.07.2019

Flashcards

Altamira

Wounded Bison

One single color?

Monochromatic

Hall of the Bulls

Lascaux

 wounded man and

Rhinoceros

Woman of ...

Willendorf

White temple on its

Mirrow image

Heraldic device

Importance by size

Hieratic scale

Becaming a God himself

Apotheosis

Pushing away the bad intentions

Apotropaic device

The entrance for foreigh visitors

Lamassu

A city, palace, temple to demostrate control and power

Citadel

Ruler of Sumerians

Gudea

Stele with law code of

Tells a story in order

Register

Place for tributes

Humans have lived on the earth for over

100,000

Hand dots

Chauvet

denoting the early phase of the Stone Age

Paleolithic

New Stone Age is most frequently used in connection with agriculture,

Neolithic

House of bones of

Mammoth

prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England,

Stonehenge

wedge, pictograms pressed into clay around  2900 bc

Cuneiform

Cuneiform shape of

wedge

Type of government by the Summerians

Theocratic socialism

main room of the temple at the ziggurats

Cella

Ur is 

Tomb of .... year

Nebamun 1400

windows above eye level

clerestory

___________ hall

Hypostyle

Temple of __________  year

Amun-Ra 1300

Mortuary Temple of.... year

Hatshepsut 1450

Statute of ....

Hatshepsut

Temple of _______ year

Ramesses II 1200

Book of the Dead of .... year

Hunefer 1300

 architect

Imhotep

Stepped Pyramid and mortuary complex of_______ year

Djoser 3000

name

Howard Carter

Hybrid

sphinx

 large hypostyle hall, the best known examples being the great audience hall

Apadana

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