Ziggurat (Ur, Iraq) 74 41 HUGE mud-brick building that tapers down so rainwater washes off. ... The sun god is shining down on the figures. ... VOCABULARY Amarna style: Art created during the reign of Akhenaton, which features a more relaxed figure style than in Old and Middle Kingdom art Engaged column: a column that is not freestanding but attached to a wall Hieroglyphics: Egyptian writing using symbols or pictures as characters Hypostyle: a hall in an Egyptian temple that has a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns In situ: a Latin expression that means that something is in its orig...

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HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form coherent narratives and uncover linked sequences and patterns in past events. Most histories are concerned with causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are linked to earlier events. 1 Origins of Historical Writing In preliterate societies, the acc...

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