art history class -- bibliography for the library assignment

Proposal for library assignment

For the library assignment I want to do the history of Ur, especially the Ziggurat of Ur.

The ziggurat is one of the important buildings during the Third Dynasty of Ur, which is built by king Ur-Nammu. The ziggurat is a shrine of the moon god Nanna.

I really love those buildings, which are present people’s belief of gods, so I choose this topic for my library assignment. I like exploring people’s belief and religion during the ancient time.

I may research some other distribution of ziggurat types in Mesopotamia, to compare the differences between these ziggurats.

And the ziggurat present the culture of Sumerian and it last great Sumerian Renaissance.

I also will research how the Sumerian changed during the long time. About the family, society, language, architecture, economy and religion. I think I may focus on the change of the religion and architecture of the Sumerian. For the religion part, I may do the gods, temples organization, funerary practices. For the architecture part, I will focus on the ziggurat at that time.