Prehistoric and Ancient Near East Guided Notes
Pre-Historic Civilizations
The Paleolithic Period – ______________ B.C.E. to _______________B.C.E.
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Earliest examples of creativity of mankind
Cave Painting : The Cave of Lascaux ---------------------------------
Characteristics of Cave Paintings:
Purpose of Cave Paintings:
People in cave paintings?
Sculpture
Characteristics:
Purposes:
Venus of Willendorf:
Architecture: The Neolithic Period
Characteristics:
Purpose:
Stonehenge:
-between 3000 and 1700 B.C.E.
Music, Dance, and Drama: Did cavemen have any?
Draw Post and Lintel construction here
Prehistoric and Ancient Near East Guided Notes
Mesopotamia (The Ancient Near East) a.k.a _________________________or __________________________
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Earliest Civilizations in area between ___________ and ___________________ Rivers
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______________ – FIRST Writing System using a reed stylus and clay tablets
Tell Asmar Sculptures:
Characteristics:
Purpose:
Other Sumerian Sculptures:
Characteristics:
Purpose:
Architecture – Ziggurats!
Characteristics:
Purpose:
Ziggurat of ____ c. 2100 BCE