the EU-Phrates River (x4) They believed in many gods‚ this is polytheism Shamash was the god of sun; Dagon of vegetation By the EU-Phrates River (x4) Akkadian was what they spoke‚ wrote on clay tablets some call notes They had temples called ziggurat They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s code You obey Hammurabi’s code Praise Hammurabi’s code Break Hammurabi’s code And you’ll be saying oh no! Libraries were found (x4) Awww Yeah! This rap was a project for World History and we
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together. Mesopotamia’s Ziggurats The ziggurat is a massive terraced tower made of rubble and brick‚ was the spiritual center of the Mesopotamian city-state. It serves as a shrine and temple and possibly also a funerary site. It symbolized the sacred mountain that linked heaven to earth. The ziggurat stored clay tablets that were inscribed with cuneiform records of the city’s economic activities‚ its religious customs‚ and its rites. In a certain shrine room at the ziggurat housed a group of statues
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Egyptian Architecture Due to the scarcity of wood the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were sun-baked mud bricks and stone‚ mainly limestone but also sandstone and granite in considerable quantities. From the Old Kingdom onward‚ stone was generally reserved for tombs and temples‚ while bricks were used even for royal palaces‚ fortresses‚ the walls of temple precincts and towns‚ and for subsidiary buildings in temple complexes. The core of the pyramids came from stone quarried
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were the slaves.A ziggurat was a temple than ancient Mesopotamians built to worship the Gods and Goddesses. Ziggurats were built by the Sumerians‚ Babylonians and Assyrians of ancient Mesopotamia. Built with sun-baked bricks‚ and shaped a lot like a pyramid. The Mesopotamian ziggurats were not places for public worship or ceremonies. they were believed to be dwelling places for the gods. Each city had its own patron god and ziggurat. Only priests were permitted inside the ziggurat‚ because it was
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sun or moon. This was called Polytheism. Polytheism means that you believe in more than one God. They created Ziggurats and these were like churchs. They believed that all of the land belonged to the Gods. They would also offer some of the crops to the Gods. Ziggurats were built usually in the middle of the town. This was because religion was very important in their lives. Each ziggurat was dedicated for a God.
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represented many things to their builders‚ but mostly they represented the way to “heaven.” To the people of ancient Mesopotamia‚ their temple was the home of their god. The temples were built on top of large “stepped” brick structures called ziggurats. On the outside‚ they might have covered the lower “steps” with dirt and planted trees and bushes to give the illusion of a temple on top of a mountain. In the inner sanctuary of the temples they would place a statue of the god that that temple was
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1. Pastoralism- the practice of raising livestock 2. Bronze Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Bronze 3. Iron Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Iron 4. Nile- gives people fresh water and is a major source for Egypt. The yearly activity is that it floods the river valley and moist fertile land is left behind. The resource the Nile has is the floodplain full of fertile land 5. Cataract- an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls 6. Delta-
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Ancient Babylonia - History of Babylonia The once great city of Babylon‚ where the Jews were held captive for 70 years‚ became a symbol of power‚ materialism‚ and cruelty. The city of Babylon was the capital of the ancient land of Babylonia in southern Mesopotamia. It was situated on the Euphrates River about 50 miles south of modern Baghdad‚ just north of what is now the modern Iraqi town of al-Hillah. The tremendous wealth and power of this city‚ along with its monumental size and appearance
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Wright ’s last works‚ its completion occurring after his death. Built for the Museum of Non-Objective art‚ this building was revolutionary for its time. Its inverted ziggurat allowed for visitors to be whisked up an elevator and then to proceed through the whole exhibit at a leisurely pace down the gently sloped ramp of the ziggurat. Le Corbusier ’s Villa Savoye also implements the gentle ramp as a means of seeing the space and moving through the building. Le Corbusier once wrote‚ "the Architect
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Ziggurats were used in ancient times for purposes of worship and to fulfill spiritual needs. One example‚ The Pyramid of the Magician‚ has a legend attached to it depicting the god Itzamna who had single-handedly built it in one night. The Pyramid of the Magician is‚ by 100 feet‚ the tallest architectural structure in the city of Uxmal on the Yucatan peninsula. Interestingly enough‚ the pyramid has a stairwell that faces the setting sun on summer solstice. Also of note‚ the whole city is perfectly
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