1. Western Civilization I The Ancient Near East Mesopotamian Religion

2. Ziggurat of Ur. Ca 2100 BCE.

3. Giza, Pyramids. Ca 2600-2100 BCE.

4. Sumerian statues (ca 2500 BCE), 10-50 cm high. Chicago, Oriental Institute.

5. Ram in the Thicket. Ur. Mid 3d mill BCE. Lyre. Ur. Ca 2650 - 2550 B.C. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

6. Priests carrying a festival barque in a relief from the Temple of Ramesses II (13 th cent BCE).

7. Law Code of Hammurabi (1792-1749), 2.2 m high. Paris, Louvre.

8. Etruscan model liver. Piacenza, Museo Civico. Origin story from the Enûma Eliš Apsu (sweet primeval waters) + Tiamat (salt primeval waters) Lahmu ("slime," "mud") + Lahamu ("silt") Anshar ("whole sky") + Kishar ("whole earth”) Anu ("sky") + Ki (“earth”)

9. Egypt: Giza and satellite image of the Nile Valley