Final Test: Art and Literature From 3000 BCE - 1500 CE

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  • Period: 2100 BCE to 1200 BCE

    The Epic of Gilgamesh

    A Mesopotamian story is known as the earliest surviving work of literature in the world. This early piece of literature demonstrates that ancient peoples were aware that no matter how great the accomplishments of a person during life, that person would inevitably die.
  • 1755 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

    Code of Hammurabi
    Hammurabi's law code is the most substantial surviving law code that drew legal distinctions between the “free men” or aristocratic citizens, commoners, and slaves, treating the same crimes very differently. These laws have deep concern with fairness, such as protecting people from unfair terms on loans, providing compensation for damaged property, it even holding city officials responsible for catching criminals.
  • 1449 BCE

    First Account of the Bible Written

    First Account of the Bible Written
    The first Biblical stories were passed down orally and only written down later by various authors. Most Biblical scholars believe the Book of Genesis was the first book to be written down.
  • 750 BCE

    Homer Writes the Odyssey and the Iliad

    Homer Writes the Odyssey and the Iliad
    The two great epics of Homer; The Odyssey describes the voyages of Odysseus on his way back from the Trojan War. The Iliad describes the Trojan War and the fall of Troy.
  • Period: 479 BCE to 338 BCE

    The Classical Age of Greece

    Greek sculptures from the Classical Age are renowned for their unflinching commitment to perfection in the human form. This time period in Greece also saw a transition away from symbolic statuary, most of which was used in grave decorations in the Archaic period, toward lifelike depictions of real human beings.
  • 610

    The Prophet Muhammad Inspires the Quran

    The Prophet Muhammad Inspires the Quran
    The Quran itself was written down during Muhammad’s life containing his revelations which were initially transmitted orally. The final version was completed in the years following his death.
  • Period: 1265 to 1321

    Dante

    Dante was a prominent figure who anticipated the Renaissance rather than being alive during most of it. After experiencing a mid-life crisis, he turned to poetry to console his feelings, ultimately producing the greatest written work of the late Middle Ages known as The Divine Comedy.
  • 1440

    Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press

    Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press
    Gutenberg’s innovation made it viable to print not just a single page of text, but to simply rearrange the letters to print subsequent pages. After developing a working prototype, he created the first true printed book to reach a mass market, pioneering the European version of the printing process.
  • Period: 1445 to 1510

    Sandro Botticelli

    Botticelli was a successful Renaissance painter during the height of the most productive artistic period in Florence and Rome. His works focused on themes like the importance of patronage, the celebration of classical figures and ideas, the beauty of the human body and mind, and Christian piety.
  • Period: 1452 to 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci was a great painter of his age and a scientist. He is remembered today thanks as many to his diagrams of things like flying machines as for his art, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
  • Period: 1469 to 1527

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Machiavelli was a professional politician, ambassador, and official who spent his life in the court of a ruler. He began writing his ideas of political theory after being exiled, which resulted in work such as The Prince.