Sumerian Art (from 3500 BCE)
In Mesopotamia and Ancient Persia, Sumerians were developing their own unique building - an alternative form of stepped pyramid called a ziggurat.
Sumerian Votive Figures
The Sumerians
The Sumerians were the first civilization to occupy the Tigris-Euphrates river valley called the Mesopotamia (literally meaning "the land between two rivers").
Sumerian male worshiper, 2750-2600 B.C.
Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, ...
Sumerian art - See Mesopotamian art.
sumi-e - In Japanese art, painting in monochromatic ink. Also see genpitsu and tradition.
Neo-Sumerian Period (From 2112 to 2004 B.C.)
The Akkadian Empire fell to the nomadic Guti, who did not centralize their power. This enabled the Sumerian cities of Uruk, Ur, and Lagash to reestablish their power.
The potter's wheel was probably invented either by the Sumerians of the Tigris-Euphrates Basin or by the Chinese around 5000 BCE, perhaps even before the use of wheels for transportation.
 See also: Greek, Roman, Movement, Sculpture, Statue
  
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