Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC

Today we had a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to tour the Ancient Near East exhibit, among others. The Ancient Near East exhibit included:

The Assyrian Empire

The Assyrian Royal Court


The Rise of Civilization: The Ancient Near East c. 8000-3000 B.C.
(this one had a lot of cylinder and stamp seals for cuneiform writing)

Cities, States, and Early Empires: The Ancient Near East c. 3000-1200 B.C.
(more cylinder seals)

Kingdoms and Empires: The Ancient Near East c. 2000 B.C. - A.D. 200

From the Achaemenid to the Sasanian Empire: The Ancient Near East and Silk Road Contacts c. 559 B.C.-A.D. 651

The Interconnected World of the Ancient Near East

The Ancient Near Eastern World - Unit 3

Unit 3 of The Ancient Near Eastern World is about kings and lawgivers, presenting big ideas of empires, laws, and religion. The focus of this unit is on the developing civic institutions in Mesopotamia- Sargon's empire, the laws of Shulgi and Hammurabi, the workings of the legal system, and the role of priestesses and priests.