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    Babylon. The scene carved at the top of this massive stele shows King Hammurabi standing before the sun-god Shamash. Shamash is most commonly associated with justice. This was due to the fact that the sun dispersed darkness just as Shamash would disperse injustice with his light. Hammurabi believed that Shamash was the inspiration that led him to gather the existing laws and legal procedures into a code. (2) Going back the image on the stele‚ Shamash is seated on a lavish throne before Hammurabi

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    oval in shape on the top. A little above the middle of the stele‚ is an image. The image shows a being of great importance in the center—a deity of some sort. This god-like being holds a scorpion‚ a snake‚ and a feline animal in each hand and is stepping on a crocodile.

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    The Buddhist Stele Commemorating Song Shixing (宋始兴) appears to be a thin stele decorated with the head of Chi‚ the hornless dragon. The top and body of the stele are in one piece yet the base is nowhere to be found. Six dragons are carved on the top of the stele façade‚ hovering with their head facing down and holding the body of the stele in their mouths. On the uppermost part of the stele‚ a niche with gable roofs and round arch is engraved‚ inside which sits the Maitreya Buddha wearing a crown

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    every human being. He describes his journey in only the vaguest of terms‚ with no mention of where he is coming from or where he is heading‚ because he believes that this journey is one that every individual undertakes so as to understand his or her sins and find his or her peace with God. 2. . through me you enter into the city of woes through me you enter into eternal pain‚ through me you enter the population of loss. . . . abandon all hope‚ you who enter here. Dante reads these

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    AP ART HISTORY EXAM STUDY PACKET KEY BARRON’S BOOK PAGE NUMBERS IN RED TEXTBOOK PAGES IN BLUE YEARS IN GREEN WORKS ARE UNDERLINED LOCATIONS ARE ITALICIZED PREHISTORIC ART Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf 68 17 Short‚ fat figure of a woman. It is small and meant to be carried around. Her large stomach and breasts show that she was a symbol of fertility. Lascaux Caves (Dordgone‚ France) 69 21/23 Huge set of cave paintings with many different

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    3/20/2014 Saathiya Lyrics Translation (Saathiya) saathiyaa saathiyaa maddham maddham teri gili hansi beloved‚ your laughter is fluid and soft saathiyaa saathiyaa sunke hamne saari pi li hansi when I heard it‚ my love‚ I drank up all the laughter hansti rahe tuu hansti rahe hayaa ki laali khilti rahe keep laughing‚ keep laughing! may your blushes of modesty continue to bloom zulf ke niche gardan pe subah o shaam milti rahe may dusk and dawn continue to meet where your hair slides across

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    are primarily dedicated to a person‚ depiction of living family members indicates the necessity‚ for a public display of the family relationship. The grave stele of Thrasynos‚ parents are bidding farewell to their Son as he journeys into the afterlife. 1 The naturalism of the Kroisos is in distinct contrast to the realism of the grave stele of Thrasynos. The Korisos represents the ideal version‚ rather than an individual. The Korisos‚ which means "young man"‚ discovered in Anavyssos on the

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    One such important artifact is the Rosetta Stone which is currently located at the British Museum. This stele is very significant because it was the missing link that helped translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Another find‚ which is at the Egyptian Antiquities Museum‚ is the Merneptah Stele. This relic is significant because‚ if it is translated correctly‚ it holds the earliest reference to Israel from ancient Egypt. Finally‚ other such objects

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    Civilizations Sumerians King Gilgamesh Had city-states Each city-state had its own ruler and god King served as intermediary between local god and people Buildings clustered around god’s temple Akkadians King Sargon I‚ and his grandson/successor Naram-Sin‚ conquered Sumer The heads of the Sumerian city states became slaves to the king of Akkad He became a god to them Babylonians Hammurabi Law Code of Hammurabi Assyrians Persians Ancient Literature Epic of Gilgamesh Gilgamesh and the Bible:

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    Roman and Greek cultures it is evident that many sculptures were utilized to honor the deceased. Funerary art such as the Greek Grave Stele of a Little Girl and the Roman Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons Sarcophagus are deeply connected by the purpose and medium of which the sculptures were created yet dissimilar in the style and themes portrayed. The Grave Stele of a Little Girl depicts a young girl in profile standing with her left foot in front of her right. This piece is a low-relief sculpture

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