Seeds of ChangeY7: Mesopotamia - Artifacts

Description: "The Standard of Ur", decorated on four sides with inlaid mosaic scenes made from shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli, set in bitumen.

The Standard of Ur is a box, the two large sides of which show aspects of life in early Mesopotamia.

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The Code of Hammurabi was one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and was proclaimed by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C.

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Law is at the heart of modern civilization, and is often based on principles listed here from nearly 4,000 years ago.

From the ninth to the seventh century B.C., the kings of Assyria ruled over a vast empire centered in northern Iraq.

The palace of Khorsabad was decorated with colossal winged human-headed bulls called lamassu or shedu.

The Khorsabad courtyard displays the remains of a gigantic city built in under ten years in the late 8th century BC.

Ishtar Gate, enormous burnt-brick entryway located over the main thoroughfare in the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq).

The Ishtar Gate was constructed by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II circa 575 BCE.

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Gypsum wall panel relief; carved in low relief; Sennacherib watches the capture of Lachish.

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These bas-relief panels that show the Assyrian King Sennacherib’s capture of the Judean fortress of Lachish come from the king’s so-called Palace Without Rival at his capital city of Nineveh (currently in northeastern Iraq).

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