EUH 1000
Art of the Age of Empires: Small Kingdoms and Nomadic Peoples
c. 1500 BC - 500 BC
THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
The true art of Israel was in literature, the Old Testament of the Bible. (The Torah).
Interspersed with Old Testament stories, are the actual architectural works of the time
The Call of Abraham to leave Mesopotamia and go the land of Canaan
Moses receiving revelation on Mt. Sinai
Mt. Sinai
The foot of Mt. Sinai about 1925- a makeshift cross is found reminding us of the importance of this place
The symbols of the 12 Tribes of Israel
The Great Temple of Solomon, as it was in the time of its beginning c. 950 BC
The later Temple, rebuilt by Herod, Jersusalem, Israel (Reconstruction)
The only remnant of the Temple: the Western Wall- the holiest site for all Jews today
The Holy City of Jerusalem today
Tell Beth-Shan in central Israel- this is where King Saul was skewered into the wall
THE KINGDOM OF PHOENICIA
The symbol of phoenicia- the purple flower that gave the ancient world this color- and made
phoenicia a maritme trading power on the Mediterranean Sea
Another symbol of Phoenicia- a boat at night
The top trading city in the ancient world, Tyre
The second city of Phoenicia, Sidon as it was
The Canaanites
This is Baal, many Canaanites worshiped this idol of Baal for many centuries before
the arrival of the Israelites. These kinds of cults were common all around the ancient middle east
The Arabians
The bedouins- fully nomadic and moving in caravans from one oasis to another
It was these that Mohammad would later (600's AD) convert to Islam
The Ethiopians (Nubians, Kushites)
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