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After reading Chapter 2, you should be able to:
- Identify the works and define the terms in the chapter.
- Describe the development of writing.
- Know the main sites, civilizations, and rulers.
- Know the gods and their functions within ancient Near-Eastern societies.
- Discuss iconography, convention, and style.
- Identify types of ancient Near-Eastern art and artifacts, and discuss their function and meaning.
- List examples of historical "firsts."
- Compare Mesopotamian with Achaemenid forms.
- Discuss the issue of provenience and its importance.
- Describe the development of post-and-lintel architecture from the Neolithic era to the Persians.
- Locate the main Near Eastern civilizations on a map of the region.
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