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Mesopotamian Art - Coggle Diagram
Mesopotamian Art
Time line
• Early-Sumer and Sumer: c. 4000 - 2300 BCE
• Akkad: c. 2300 - 2180 BCE
• Neo-Sumer: c. 2150 - 1800 BCE
• Babylonia: c. 1900 - 539 BCE
• Assyria: c. 1100 - 612 BCE
• Neo-Babylonia: c. 612 - 539 BCE
Writing
Writing was seen as a big advancement in human development
History started once things were written down
Oral traditions were seen as less than writing
Mesopotamia was seen as the start of written history
canonical piece
An artwork widely recognized
Main focus
Embodiment
how the human body is seen in art
Cuneiform
A ancient way of writing on clay tablets