Concurrent Dates
2550 BCE | Stonehenge |
2500 BCE | First iron tools/weapons |
1780 BCE | Stele of Hammurabi |
1200 BCE | Fall of Troy? |
Ancient Egypt
3,000 – 30 BCE
Textbook: Chapter 3
Khan Academy APAH Test Prep: Ancient Mediterranean: Egypt
The Nile
Upper and Lower Egypt
Politics of Egypt
The Egyptian canon
The Palette of King Narmer
Egypt. 3000 BCE slate 2’ high
The Great Pyramids (and section of Khufu)
Egypt. circa 2550-2490 BCE cut limestone. The tallest, Khufu, stands at 480’
ben-ben stone, Cult of Re (Ra), courses, ashlar masonry
The Great Sphinx
Egypt. 2520 BCE 65’ high x 240’ long
Khafre seated
Egypt, 2520 BCE diorite 6’ high
Ka
Seated Scribe
Egypt. 2500 BCE painted limestone 2’ high
King Menkaura and his Queen
Egypt. 2490 BCE slate 5’ high
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
Egypt. 1550 BCE
Axial plan, hypostyle hall, clerestory, sunken relief
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, by Senmut
Egypt. 1473 BCE
Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut
Egypt. 1473 BCE
Fowling Scene
Egypt. 1400 BCE fresco secco 3’ high
fresco secco, buon fresco (true fresco)
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
Egypt. 1353 BCE limestone
The Amarna Period, curvilinear
Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
Egypt. 1323 BCE gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones 7′ long
Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
Egypt. 1290 BCE painted papyrus scroll 2’ high
Anubis, Maat, Osiris, Isis, Thoth, papyrus, continuous narrative
Art of Sub-Saharan Africa
1000 – 1938 CE
Textbook: Chapters 15 and 34
Khan Academy APAH Test Prep: Africa: 1100-1980 CE
Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, Shona peoples. 11th century CE coursed granite blocks
Wall plaque from Oba’s Palace
Nigeria, Edo peoples. 16th century CE cast brass
Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)
Ghana, Ashanti peoples. 18th century CE gold over wood and cast-gold attachments
Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Congo, Kuba peoples. Late 19th century CE wood and metal
Power Figure (Nkisi n’kondi)
Congo, Kongo peoples. Late 19th century CE wood and metal
Portrait mask (Mblo)
Ivory Coast, Baule peoples. Late 19th to early 20th century CE wood and pigment
Female (Pwo) mask
Congo, Chokwe peoples. Late 19th to early 20th century CE wood, cloth, and fiber
Bundu mask
Sierra Leone and Liberia, Sande Society. Late 19th to 20th century CE wood, cloth, and fiber
Ikenga (shrine figure)
Nigeria, Ibgo peoples. Late 19th to 20th century CE wood
Lukasa (memory board)
Congo, Luba peoples. Late 19th to 20th century CE wood, beads, and metal
Bambudye
Aka elephant mask
Cameroon. 19th to 20th century CE wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads
Cowrie shells
Reliquary figure (nlo bieri)
Cameroon, Fang peoples. 19th to 20th century CE wood
Reliquary
Veranda post: equestrian figure and female caryatid
Olowe of Ise, Yoruba peoples. Before 20th century CE wood and pigment