Uruk and Carthage are cities which are both literally and symbolically important in their stories. Each city gives insight to the culture of the people living there. Uruk and Carthage not only hint at the culture of the people living within the cities but also are reflections of their respective rulers and each serve an important role in the lives of the protagonists. The structures of Uruk hint at what is important to the city. In Gilgamesh‚ Ururk is known for having a “massive wall...ramparts
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Prior to World War II American foreign policy was isolationist. We felt that other nations problems‚ particularly their wars‚ were their own business and we avoided getting involved unless we felt directly threatened. As a result of WWII though we decided that threats to peace and freedom elsewhere in the world did affect us‚ that if we ignored serious trouble in the world it would probably eventually find us. Thus after the war we became internationalist using our power and prestige to help and
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the formation of large towns‚ great cities‚ and states in the later‚ Uruk period of Mesopotamia. These influences can be seen at the earlier site of Catalhoyuk. As the periods shift between Neolithic and the Uruk‚ drastic changes can be seen between early egalitarian societies in the Neolithic period‚ and the more complex and massive societies of the Uruk period. Other material conditions that shaped the complex civilization of Uruk included agricultural‚ political‚ religious‚ trade‚ new inventions
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Funerary Vase (Krater) 1) A painted clay vessel showing an early style of Greek figurative art‚ also embodies some core Greek beliefs. 2) Grave Marker: a) A Krater is a wide-mouthed clay vessel for mixing wine and water. 3) Terracotta: a) The vessel is made from Terracotta (Terracotta‚ Terra cotta or Terra-cotta (Italian: "baked earth"‚ from the Latin terra cotta)‚ a type of earthenware‚ is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. Its uses include
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Figure 1 – Obverse View of the Terracotta Loutrophoros Terracotta Loutrophoros (fig. 1) epitomizes the distinctive style of funerary vases created in Apulia‚ a region located in South Italy. The vase is attributed to the Metope Painter and was created around the third quarter of fourth century B.C. South Italian vase painting has been the subject of “neglect [and] general disparagement” due to the “emphasis placed upon the study of Archaic and Classical Greek art.” South Italian art has been
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Harvester Vase: Hagia Triada The Harvester Vase was found in Hagia Triada on the island of Crete. This vase is from the Late Bronze Age‚ dating from 1550 to 1500 BC. The vase was originally made in three parts and was fitted together. The face is oval shaped and has a vessel on the top. The vase was carved on brownish steatite. The vase was originally glided with gold and hammered to paper-thin thickness. This piece is decorated with low-relief sculpture and shows a unique scene. The piece has pictorial
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The Chinese Vase is a representative of trends in porcelain decoration during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor‚ the second ruler of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The two scenes in this vase represent an interesting visual riff on the narrative technique (prof Besio). Both the top and the bottom scenes can be divided into 3 sections‚ with top and bottom paralleling each other: trees growing in a garden; human figures in a garden; and‚ contiguous and open to the garden‚ an interior of a scholar’s study
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A defining element in The Epic of Gilgamesh is the God’s lack of morals‚ which is a major difference in comparison to the God feature in modern Western literature. The Gods shown in the epic bicker like humans and hold grudges‚ which often have catastrophic results. Relating to these Gods is the protagonist of the story‚ King Gilgamesh. Son of a mortal and the goddess Nisun‚ Gigamesh is described throughout the epic as “two-thirds God‚ one-third man.” This lineage is extremely relevant‚ as Gilgamesh’s
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poem from ancient Mesopotamia and considered a great work of literature. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (2100 BC). (1) Four thousand years ago there was this man‚ one third human and two thirds god called Gilgamesh who built the great walls of Uruk to keep his kingdom safe from the outside forces. People from Gilgamesh’s kingdom seen him as a hero because outside of the wall there was a wild man who eat peoples’ animals‚ Gilgamesh came up with a plan‚ he sent a nice looking woman to tame the
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