Title on Photograph: WEST ASIA 3,000 - 2,000 BC. THE ART OF WEST ASIA, 3,000 - 2,000 BC
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 40.
Comments on Subject: OVER SERVERAL CENTURIES CENTRES OF URBAN LIFE, WITH ASSOCIATED ELITES, EMERGED ACROSS WEST ASIA. THIS STIMULATED A DEMAND FOR LUXURY GOODS AND A FLOW OF MATERIALS AND IDEAS BEGAN TO CIRCULATED AROUND 2,500 BC. ARTISTIC MOTIFS INCREASINGLY LINKED THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WITH THE INDUS VALLEY. CUNEIFORM WRITING, WHICH HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA, WAS ADOPTED BY PALACE ADMINSTRATORS TO THE EAST AND THE NORTH. RICH GRAVES AND MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE WEALTH OF REGIONAL RULERS.
Group: ANCIENT WORLD ART
Bibliography: ATLAS OF WORLD ART
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