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3. The Ancient Near East

34. Neo-Babylonian & Achaemenid Art Ishtar’s sacred lion

42. Reliefs at Bishapur Celebrated victory of Shapur I over Roman emperor, Valerian, ca. 260 BCE

46. The Prehistoric Aegean ** Cyclades ** Knossos ** Thera ** Phaistos ** ** Hagia Triada ** Tiryns ** Mycenae**

53. Minoan Culture and Art Aerial view and plan of the palace at Knossos 1700-1400 BCE

54. Figure 4-4 Plan of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1400 BCE.

59. The Minoans were a sport-centered society; while all sports ultimately derive from religious rituals, by the time the Cretans were enjoying their palace civilization, sport seemed to have passed over into a recreational activity. This is a new pheneomenon in the ancient world: sport for sport's sake, and parallels a number of other aspects of Minoan culture.

69. Plan of the palace and southern part of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE . Mycenaean Art Architecture

73. Mycenaean Culture and Art King Agamemnon – House of Atreus ca. 1300-1259 BCE A few generations before the Trojan War.

78. Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt -- from Grave Circle A [ made of bronze ] ca. 1600-1500 BCE