Art of the Ancient Near East:
10,000 BC - 2300 BC

Prehistoric
  • Ubaid (Mesopotamia)
  • Catal Huyuk (Anatolia)
    		• 10,000-4000 BC
  • 7,500-5,700 BC
  • 6,000-4,000 BC
    • Sumeria (Mesopotamia)
  • Uruk
  • Predynastic
    		• 4000-2300 BC
  • 4000-3100 BC
  • 3100-2300

    • Source for dates: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    (See also: Ancient Near East Resource Page)

    Web Resources - Prehistory
    Catal Huyuk. Wikipedia
    Gobleki Tepe. BBC
    In Syria, a Prologue for Cities. NY Times
    Prehistoric Archaeological Sites in Jordan. Mike Gunther
    Preserving Ancient Statues From Jordan. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC
    Queen of Sheba: Treasures From Ancient Yemen. British Museum

    Web Resources - Early Bronze Age
    The Armies of Sumer and Akkad. U.S. Army War College
    Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C.. Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Cylinder Seals in the British Museum.
    Early Civilizations: Sumerians vs. Harappans. Rit Nosotro
    The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. Oxford University
    The Epic of Gilgamesh. Tr. Maureen Kovacs
    The Epic of Gilgamesh. Tr. Yanita Chen
    Iraq's Ancient Past. University of Pennsylvania Museum
    Map Of Ancient Mesopotamia. Oriental Institute of Chicago
    Mesopotamian Civilization. Shannon Sumner
    Mesopotamian Trade with the Indus Valley. Wikipedia
    Prehistory and Protohistory in Mesopotamia. John Heise
    The Sumerians. Frank E. Smitha
    Sumerian Beer. Solomon H. Katz and Fritz Maytag
    Third Millennium BC. Wikipedia

    Image Links (click inside)
    Jordan, 6500 BC 6000-5000 BC Statue of Ebih-Il Statuary Face Offering Vessel Cylinder seal
    Cylinder seal Head of a Woman "Ram in a Thicket" Queen's Lyre Standard of Ur

    [last updated: August 19, 2010]

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