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11 09, 2017

Assyrian and Babylonian art – West Asia

By |2019-09-05T06:00:23-07:00September 11th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Assyrian and Babylonian art – West Asia

Assyrian prisoners After the Dark Ages, by around 1000 BC, the Assyrians became the biggest power in West Asia, and they created many important works of art. The Assyrians continued the West Asian tradition of relief [...]

11 06, 2017

Making molded bricks – Mesopotamia project

By |2020-05-05T06:21:03-07:00June 11th, 2017|Art, Crafts, West Asia|Comments Off on Making molded bricks – Mesopotamia project

Molded bricks project: A bull from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (600s BC) Why molded bricks? Architects in ancient Mesopotamia (West Asia) didn't have much good stone to carve, but they [...]

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