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- Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ...upon a hard material (the original meaning of ''[[graffiti]]''), or in [[cuneiform]] writing, impressed with...
8: ...oll]]s (''volumen'' in Latin) or [[book]]s (''[[codex]], codices''). Manuscripts were produced on [[v...
10: ...ch making a single copy from an original that was declaimed aloud.
12: ... languages]], written on palm leaves, survived in desert burials in the [[Tarim Basin]] of Central Asi...
16: ...brew language|Hebrew]] manuscripts, such as the [[Dead Sea scrolls]] make no such differentiation. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: ...ecorative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a ''hand''.
4: ...led [[palaeography]]. Examples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and palae...
8: ...dating back to the earliest day of history, and widely practiced throughout [[China]] to this day. Alt...
10: ...34269;, all meaning "the way of writing") is considered an important art in [[East Asia]] and the most...
12: ...he Prime Minister [[Li Si]] drew up an official index of characters and unified the written form for t... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...using written language. Artistic painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the ...
8: The oldest known '''paintings''' are at the [[Grotte Chauv...
14: ...ry:Artistic techniques|Painting technique]]s include:
34: ...at the pigment is suspended or embedded in, which determines the general working characteristics of th...
36: Examples include: - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...Pharaoh]] [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]] (also known under his Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it is oft...
9: ... in the [[Giza Necropolis]] on the outskirts of modern [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
15: ...440 Old Royal Cubits (230.5 m). Today each side has a length of approximately 227.5 m. The r...
17: ...re based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyramid rise at an angle of approximately...
22: ... was removed by an Arab [[Sultan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortresses in nearby Cairo. - Australian Aboriginal art (4187 bytes)
1: ... clothing. To an extent, Aboriginal art also includes artistic embellishments found on weaponry and to...
3: ... and tell stories. Rare ochres for paints were traded throughout northern Australia.
7: ...to the medium resulting in an effect similar to modern [[spraypaint]].
9: ...igines. These are thought to be the origins of "modern" Aboriginal Art.
13: ...fter heating in the fire, the bark is flattened under foot and weighed with stones or logs to dry flat... - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...story|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
5: ...ut to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]]...
16: ...all of China. It remains the world's longest manmade structure.]]
18: ...e oases of the [[Silk Road]]. Jiayu Pass was intended to greet travelers along the [[Silk Road]]. Eve...
20: ...rategic value as the people who the Wall was intended to keep out were ruling the country (becoming th... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
1: ...e:Pompeii7.jpg|right|thumb|Ruins in Pompeii, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...vessels to save some of those trapped in the seaside towns.
7: ...mage:Pompeii6.jpg|left|thumb|View of Pompeii provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
9: The town was founded in the ca. [[6th century BCE]] by the [[Osci]] o...
11: ... of '''Colonia [[Cornelius|Cornelia]] [[Venus (goddess)|Veneria]] Pompeianorum'''. The town became an ... - Visual arts (2572 bytes)
1: ...ry art]]s, and other such classes of artwork. The definition is not strict, and many artistic discipli...
3: ... as high forms. The movement was at odds with [[modernists]] who sought to withhold the high arts from...
5: ... arts" is suitably independent of these older, loaded concepts and as such is the preferred term for w...
7: ...set, but certainly can produce "high art" if considered to be a "visual artist", nomatter the medium.
13: * [[Design]] - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
4: ... [[Nile]] across from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] (modern [[Luxor]]). It is separated into the East and W...
10: [[Graffiti]] on the walls of some of the tombs indicate that...
13: ...h with its own quality. This poses problems for modern day conservators, as it must have to the origin...
18: ...ey was surrounded by steep cliffs and heavily guarded. In [[1090 BC]], or the year of the Hyena, there...
20: ...ected into two large caches. One, the so-called [[Deir el-Bahri]] cache, contained no less than forty ... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ...g|right|thumbnail|300px|Mayan Temple Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
5: ...1000 BCE. There is some disagreement about the borders and difference between the early Maya and their...
9: Eventually, the Olmec culture faded after spreading its influence into the [[Yucatan...
11: ...which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing their [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, a...
13: ...ssibly further lands. Important trade goods included [[cacao]], [[salt]], and [[obsidian]]; see also:... - Ur (11926 bytes)
3: ...a temple of [[Nanna (Sumerian deity)|Nanna]], a [[deity]] in [[Sumerian mythology]], and has two stage...
9: ...city was again thriving. Ur by this time was considered sacred to [[Nanna]], the [[moon]] [[god]] in [...
11: The location of Ur was favourable for trade by sea and also by land routes into [[Arabia]]. M...
13: The first dynasty was ended by an attack by [[Sargon of Akkad]] around [[24t...
15: ...es the death of Ur-Nammu and his journey to the underworld. - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
3: ...er 9]], [[1989]] and subsequently almost entirely demolished.
7: ..., and [[France]] each had a portion of the city under their control. The Soviet sector was by far the ...
9: ... Allies. The Soviets lifted the ineffective blockade the next year.
11: ...lin's precarious position was a key factor in the decision to make [[Bonn]] the capital of West German...
13: ...atics Department of the [[University of Leipzig]] defected). Further, many West Berliners travelled in... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
3: The conquests of [[Alexander the Great]] brought '''Egypt within the orbit of...
8: ...ian Empire]]. Early in [[331 BC]] he was ready to depart, and led his forces away to Phoenicia.
12: ..., who were also of the royal house. This custom made Ptolemaic politics confusingly incestuous, and th...
14: ...vileged minority in Ptolemaic Egypt. They lived under Greek law, received a Greek education, were trie...
17: ...ucus]], the ruler of [[Babylonia]], he defeated [[Demetrius]], the son of Antigonus, in the battle of ... - Culture of New York City (6959 bytes)
3: ...also be [[commuter]]s to the city. There is considerable diversity of in this local culture, varying ...
7: ...ority in some sense, but they also have a shared identity as New Yorkers.
9: ...ities, immigrants to New York and sometimes their descendants tend to congregate into [[ethnic enclave...
11: ...t mayor, [[Michael Bloomberg]], is also of Jewish descent.
15: ...inations is built up the "walking city", a real pedestrian culture unrivaled in the U.S. - Maya (24836 bytes)
1: ...g|right|thumbnail|300px|Mayan Temple Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
5: ...1000 BCE. There is some disagreement about the borders and difference between the early Maya and their...
9: Eventually, the Olmec culture faded after spreading its influence into the [[Yucatan...
11: ...which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing their [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, a...
13: ...ssibly further lands. Important trade goods included [[cacao]], [[salt]], and [[obsidian]]; see also:... - Roman economy (23678 bytes)
2: ...d of coins including the [[aureus]] (gold), the [[denarius]] (silver), the [[sestertius]] (bronze), th...
4: ...nd some silver in other [[Denomination (currency)|denomination]]s, either called [[Greek Imperial]] or...
6: ... gold [[solidus (coin)|solidus]] and small bronze denominations. This trend continued to the end of th...
9: [[Image:Maximinus denarius.jpg|left|frame|A [[denarius]] by [[Maximinus]].]]
10: ...nt, thought to equal the purchasing power of 10 modern British Pound Sterling (US$13) at the beginning...
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