The document provides an overview of the Ancient Near East region from approximately 9000 BCE to 539 BCE. This region is significant as it was the home of the world's three major religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The summary highlights some of the important cultures that emerged in the region during this time period, including the Neolithic, Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and includes examples of art, architecture, and artifacts such as law codes that were produced. The Ancient Near East played a pivotal role in the development of civilizations and religious traditions.

1. Ancient Near East c. 9000-539 BCE HOME OF THE WORLD’S THREE MAJOR RELIGIONS.

3. c. 6500-5700 BCE Anatolian Goddess giving birth, from Çatal Hüyük, Turkey Neolithic Era c. 6500-5700 BCE

4. War Side and Peace Side of the Standard of Ur, Royal cemetery, c. 2600 BCE, Sumerian

5. Presentations of offering to Inanna, from Uruk Sumerian, c. 3200-3000 BCE

6. Female Head from Uruk Mesopotamian culture c. 3500-3000 BCE

7. White Temple on its ziggurat (raised up or high, imitation mountains), Uruk, Mesopotamia, Unique to Mesopotamia, c3500-3000 BCE

8. Cylinder Seal and Impression, Uruk, c. 3500-3000 BCE

9. Statues from Abu Temple at Tell Asmar, Early Sumer dynastic Period c2700-2500 BCE

10. Lyre Sound box and inlay, from the tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur c2685 BCE

11. Head of an Akkadian ruler, possibly Sargon I, Nineveh, Akkad c. 2300-2100 BCE

12. Victory stele (an upright stone marker) of Naram-Sin, from Susa, c. 2254-2218 BCE

13. Head of Gudea, from Lagash, Neo Sumerian Culture, c. 2100-1800/1900 BCE

14. Gudea with the Temple Plan, from Lagash, Neo Sumerian Culture, c. 2100-1800/1900 BCE

15. The Law Code of Hammurabi, Susa, capital of Elam, now Iran, c. 1792-1750 BCE, Babylonian

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