2,000 Years of Art History

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  1. 4. The Mycenaens smuggled soldiers into Troy with this device
  2. 8. This "Golden Age of Human Development" followed the Iron Age, saw the rise of the Roman Empire, the Silk Road, and various religions around the world. It ended in approximately 500 CE.
  3. 9. The Egyptians used the ____ method to maintain strict proportions
  4. 12. The Han people built this famous trade route
  5. 14. The first European civilization on the island of Crete
  6. 16. The inventors of paper, silk, and the crossbow
  7. 18. Qin Shi Huangdi was buried with this unique form of protection
  8. 19. Half bull, half man monster who lived in the labyrinth
  9. 20. The Olmecs carved giant heads from this type of rock
  10. 23. During this age tools and weapons were made from metal alloys, the Shang Dynasty is formed, and the Poverty Point civilization is formed
  11. 24. The funeral mask of Agamemnon was made of this material
  12. 26. These "ages" followed Classical Antiquity and are also known as the Medieval Period
  13. 27. A method of drawing and writing in stone
  14. 28. The first writing system developed by the Sumerians
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  1. 1. "The mother culture of Mesoamerica"
  2. 2. The first emperor of China
  3. 3. Time period directly following the collapse of the Bronze Age that included the Greek "Dark Age"
  4. 5. In the 2nd millennium BCE, the Canaanite people of the Middle East came up with this revolutionary writing concept
  5. 6. An oval filled with hieroglyphics representing a name
  6. 7. The writing system used by ancient Egyptians
  7. 10. Mythical creature that symbolized strength and wisdom in Chinese culture
  8. 11. Chinese writing was done using a brush and this liquid
  9. 13. At its high point the _____ Empire included both Egypt and Babylon
  10. 15. A section of the walls of Babylon, decorated with dragons and bulls
  11. 17. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, found in Babylon
  12. 21. The dominant culture in Peru around 800 BCE
  13. 22. Beginning in the 1500s and continuing today, it is the current time period in history
  14. 25. Half human, half feline creature used in Olmec art