1.
THE EMERGENCE OF WRITING

2.
THE CUNEIFORM WRITING
• The English word is derived from the Latin
root words:
Reed stick with a sharpened wedge
Cuneus = Wedge Forma = form

3.
THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

4.
THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

5.
THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

6.
THE HAMMURABI CODE

7.
THE HAMMURABI CODE

8.
THE CUNEIFORM WRITING
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VroX-_thMLg

9.
MESOPOTAMIAN ART

10.
ARQUITECTURE
• For the first time in
history, the arch and
the vault were used to
roof these buildings.

11.
ARQUITECTURE
• Poor quality materials
were used:
– Adobe: a clay mixed
with straw and dried in
the sun.
– Rectangular and
regular clay bricks.

12.
ARQUITECTURE
• Temples: Ziggurat
– A stepped tower

13.
ARQUITECTURE
• Temples: Ziggurat of Ur

14.
ARQUITECTURE
• Palaces: They
were surrounded
by walls fitted
with large
gateways and
they had many
rooms.
• They were
adorned with
reliefs, glazed
ceramics and
frescoes.

15.
ARQUITECTURE
• A view of Babylon and reconstructed Palace of
Nebuchadnezzar.

16.
SCULPTURE
• It was used to
produce statues of
noble individuals.

17.
SCULPTURE
• Reliefs represented
figures of winged
bulls with human
heads, which served
to protect the
palace gates.

18.
SCULPTURE
• Reliefs represented scenes of war and
hunting, such as those of Ashurbanipal´s
palace.

19.
SCULPTURE
• Some reliefs were made with glazed bricks,
such as those that decorated the Ishtar gate in
Babylon.