Lapis lazuli, a semi-precious stone with a vivid blue hue that was prized for its vibrancy in ancient times, is used to cover the Ishtar gate.
One of eight entrances into Babylon's inner city during the time of Nebuchadnezzar II was the Ishtar Gate, so named after the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war.
It was embellished with rows of bulls and dragons in alternation on glazed blue bricks. Lapis lazuli, a semi-precious stone with a vivid blue hue that was prized for its vibrancy in ancient times, is used to cover the Ishtar gate.
The enormous entrance itself honors Ishtar, the lion-headed goddess of love and fertility. Naturally, the message was that since Babylon was protected by these gods and was so majestic and massive, it would be a waste of time to attempt to conquer.
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I would go with D. All of the above. Even though I don't know about the Song/Tang Dynasties, I know for sure that they invented those things. So it is D.
A hunter-gatherer is a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals). Hunter-gatherer societies stand in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species.
Hunting and gathering was humanity's first and most successful adaptation, occupying at least 90 percent of human history.[1] Following the invention of agriculture, hunter-gatherers who did not change have been displaced or conquered by farming or pastoralist groups in most parts of the world.
Only a few contemporary societies are classified as hunter-gatherers, and many supplement their foraging activity with horticulture or pastoralism.[2][3
