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CONTENTS
5. THE ART OF THE KASSITE DYNASTY (CIRCA l600-II00 B.C.) 62
6. THE BEGINNINGS OF ASSYRIAN ART (CIRCA I35O-IOOO B.C.) 65
7. THE LATE ASSYRIAN PERIOD (CIRCA T000-6I2 B.C.) 73
Architecture 73
Sculpture in the Round Sr
Relief and Painting 84
Applied Arts 101
S. THE NEO-BABYLONIAN PERIOD (CIRCA 612-539 B.C.) 106
Part Two
The Peripheral Regions
9. ASIA MINOR AND THE HITTITES hi
Introduction hi
Anatolia up to the Middle of the Second Millennium b.c. in
The Hittitc Empire (circa 1400-1200 b.c.) 117
Architecture 117
Sculpture 121
10. THE LEVANT IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM B.C. 133
Introduction 133
Egyptian Predominance (2000-1800 b.c.) and Babylonian Penetration
(1800-1700 B.C.) 136
The Mitannian Era (circa 1450-1360 b.c.) 140
The Hittite and Ramessid Era (1360-1150 b.c.) 153
11. ARAMAEANS AND PHOENICIANS IN SYRIA: NORTH SYRIAN ART (85O-
65O B.C.) 164
Introduction 164
Architecture 167
Sculpture 175
Phoenician and Syrian Art 188
Ivories 191
Metal-work 195
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