Title on Photograph: CENTRAL ASIA AND INDIA, 5,000 - 500 BC.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 44.
Comments on Subject: THE INFLUENCE OF TRADE ON THE CULTURE AND ART OF MANY GROUPS IN THIS REGION IS CLEARLY EVIDENT. POTTERY WITH DISTINCTIVE DECORATIONS AND ARCHITECTURAL STYLES REVEAL CONTACT WITH THE GREAT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE WEST, WHILE JADE ORNAMENTS, BURIAL PATTERNS AND STYLES OF AXES AND OTHER TOOLS SHOW INFLUENCES FROM TEH NORTH AND NORTHEAST. INRETURN, ETCHED CARNELIAN BEADS FROM THE SPECIALIZED WORKSHOPS OF THE INDUS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM MESOPOTAMIAN CITIES.
