Art of Mesopotamia has survived in the archaeological record from early hunter-gatherer societies (10th millennium BC) on to the Bronze Age cultures of the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires. These empires were later replaced in the Iron Age by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires. Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Mesopotamia brought significant cultural developments, including the oldest examples of writing. The art of Mesopotamia rivalled that of Ancient Egypt as the most grand, sophisticated and elaborate in western Eurasia from the 4th millennium BC until the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquered the region in the 6th century BC. The main emphasis was on various, very durable, forms of sculpture in stone and clay; little painting has survived, but what has suggests that, with some exceptions,[1] painting was mainly used for geometrical and plant-based decorative schemes, though most sculptures were also painted. Cylinder seals have survived in large numbers, many including complex and detailed scenes despite their small size.
Mesopotamian art survives in a number of forms: cylinder seals, relatively small figures in the round, and reliefs of various sizes, including cheap plaques of moulded pottery for the home, some religious and some apparently not.[2] Favourite subjects include deities, alone or with worshippers, and animals in several types of scenes: repeated in rows, single, fighting each other or a human, confronted animals by themselves or flanking a human or god in the Master of Animals motif, or a Tree of Life.[3]
Stone stelae, votive offerings, or ones probably commemorating victories and
sculptureearly signs of urban life in Mesopotamia are associated with an art form named after the Sumerian city of Uruk
In Mesopotamia the main element used to protray life and to create things was clay, it was used in pottery and historians have been able to get to know about the social and cultural arrangements in mesopotamic era thanks to the pottery that they have found in the territory that was occupied by the mesopotamic people.
Persuading the French to aid the colonies in the war
Ben Franklin was a diplomat to France and worked to negotiate an alliance between the colonies and the French.
Benjamin Franklin was well known in France for his work in science and in intellectual circles. This made him the perfect person to negotiate an alliance with the much needed country of France. France was hesitant to join in an independence movement unless the Americans could prove some success. Following the Battle of Saratoga, which was an American victory, France was willing to make an alliance. This alliance provided weapons, money, supplies, and training which were all needed by colonial troops.
explanation: European rulers from the countries of Portugal, Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands wanted to increase their power by trading silks and spices found in Asia. To achieve their goal, they needed to find a sea route to Asia
A powerful earthquake can destroy buildings, factories, shops, roads, bridges and schools. These cause many people to become homeless. Furthermore, earthquakes can cause disruption to public services like transport systems and communication connections.
<span>Perspective was not ignored, exactly. It was different; it was just not linear perspective. There are a number of different types of perspective, and linear perspective is just one of them. </span>
