Word: artisti
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...From that period on we possess inscriptions for nearly every century from colossal temples and statues. Northern Babylonia was the first art centre, but in the third milennium Ur, in Southern Babylonia became the centre. There came a third period when the North was again the seat of artisti life, which gradually declined in vigor up to the capture of Babylon by the Assyrians. There was again a short revival during the hundred years when Babylon freed herself from the Assyrian yoke. The temples give most information and are of three great classes. The first were built on high mounds...
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