Essential Art History: Seeking Global Understanding, Volume I: Prehistoric - 1300

INTRODUCTION 
i. Academic Art History 
ii. Timeline 
iii. Locations 
iv. Museums 

1. PREHISTORY 
i. Paleolithic 
ii. Mesolithic 
iii. Neolithic 
a. CONCISE PREHISTORIC ART HIGHLIGHTS 
b. PALEOLITHIC (Old Stone Age) 2.5 million–10,000 BCE 
i. Figurines 
ii. Cave Rock Art and Paintings 
iii. Ceramic 
c. MESOLITHIC (Middle Stone Age) 10,000–8000 BCE 
i. Time Varies Depending on Geography 
ii. Rock Art 
iii. Megalithic Art 
d. NEOLITHIC (New Stone Age) 8000–4000 BCE 
i. Cities 
ii. Sites 
iii. Pottery 
e. THE COPPER AGE (Chalcolithic Age) 4500-3000 BCE 
i. States 
f. THE BRONZE AGE 3500–1200 BCE 
g. THE IRON AGE 1300–900 BCE 

2. FOUNDATIONS—ASIA 
A. ANCIENT NEAR EAST 
i. Sumer 
ii. Akkad 
iii. Lagash and Ur 
iv. Babylon 
v. Assyria 
vi. Neo-Babylon 
vii. Persia 
b. INDIA 
i. Harappan 
ii. Aryan 
iii. Southeast Asia 
iv. China 
v. Liangzhu 
vi. Shang 
vii. Zhou 
viii. Korea 
ix. Japan 
c. CONCISE ANCIENT ASIA HIGHLIGHTS 

3. FOUNDATIONS—AFRICA 
a. NILE RIVER—EGYPT 
i. Predynastic 
ii. Old Kingdom 
iii. Middle Kingdom 
iv. New Kingdom 
b. NILE RIVER—NUBIA 
c. CONCISE ANCIENT AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS 

4. FOUNDATIONS—EUROPE 
a. THE AEGEAN AND GREECE 
i. Aegean Cultures 
ii. Mainland Greek Culture 
b. THE ITALIAN PENINSULA 
i. Etruscan 
ii. Roman
c. CONCISE ANCIENT EUROPE HIGHLIGHTS 

5. CLASSICAL PERIOD OVERVIEW (600 BCE–600 CE) 
a. CONCISE CLASSICAL TIMELINE 

6. CLASSICAL ASIA 
a. ANCIENT NEAR EAST-PERSIA 
b. INDIA 
i. Maurya Period 
ii. Kushan Empire
iii. Gupta Empire 
c. SRI LANKA 
d. THAILAND 
e. VIETNAM 
f. LAOS 
g. CHINA 
i. Zhou Dynasty 
ii. Qin Dynasty 
iii. Han Dynasty 
iv. Sui Dynasty 
h. KOREA 
i. Three Kingdoms (37 BCE–668 CE) 
ii. Goguryeo Kingdom (37 BCE–668 CE) 
iii. Silla Kingdom (57 BCE–668 CE) 
iv. Baekje Kingdom (18 BCE–660 CE) 
i. JAPAN 
i. Jomōn Period, 13,000–400 BCE 
ii. Yayoi Period, 400 BCE–300 CE 
iii. Kofun Period, 300–538 CE 
iv. Asuka Period, 552–645 CE 
j. ISRAEL 
k. SYRIA 

7. CLASSICAL AFRICA 
a. ANCIENT EGYPT 
b. ANCIENT NUBIA (SUDAN, KUSH) 
c. AKSUM (AXUM) 
d. TUNISIA 
e. NIGERIA 
f. WESTERN AFRICA 

8. CLASSICAL EUROPE 
a. GREECE 
i. Sculpture 
ii. Painting 
iii. Architecture 
b. ITALY 
i. Etruscans 
ii. Romans 

9. CLASSICAL NORTH AMERICA 
a. EASTERN WOODLANDS 
i. Adena culture: 800 BCE–200 CE and Hopewell culture: 100 BCE–550 CE 
b. SOUTHWEST 
i. Rock Art: 1900 BCE–1300 CE 
ii. Hohokam culture: 200 BCE–1300 CE 
iii. Mogollon culture: 200–1150 CE 
c. MESOAMERICA 
i. The Olmec (1500–400 BCE) 
ii. Teotihuacan (100–650 CE) 
iii. The Maya (400 BCE–1521 CE) 
iv. Tikal 
v. Palenque 
vi. Chichén Itzá 

10. CLASSICAL SOUTH AMERICA 
a. CHAVíN CULTURE 
b. PARACAS AND NAZCA CULTURES 
c. MOCHE CULTURE 

11. MIDDLE AGES 
a. MANUSCRIPTS 

12. ASIAN MIDDLE AGES 
a. INDIA 
b. SRI LANKA 
c. INDONESIA 
d. CAMBODIA 
e. MYANMAR 
f. CHINA 
g. KOREA 
h. JAPAN 

13. AFRICA 
a. UPPER NIGER AND THE SAHEL 
b. SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA 

14. MIDDLE AGES—EUROPE 
a. LATE ANTIQUE 
i. Jewish Art 
ii. Christian Art 
b. EARLY CHRISTIAN and BYZANTINE 
i. Rome 
ii. Ravenna 
iii. Constantinople 
iv. Greece 
v. Spain 
c. EARLY MEDIEVAL 
i. Northern Europe d. CAROLINGIAN-Holy Roman Empire 
e. OTTONIAN 
f. ROMANESQUE 
i. Spain 
ii. France 
iii. Italy 
iv. Germany 
v. England 
g. GOTHIC 
i. France 
ii. Germany 
iii. England 
iv. Italy 

15. NORTH AMERICA 
a. GULF COAST CLASSIC VERACRUZ 
b. MAYAN ART 
c. FREMONT PEOPLES 
d. ANCESTRAL PUEBLOANS 
e. CAHOKIANS 
f. FLORIDA GLADES 

16. SOUTH AMERICA
a. PERU AND BOLIVIA 
b. ECUADOR 
c. SNAKE MYTHOLOGY 
i. Ancient Near East 
ii. Mediterranean 
iii. Asia 
iv. Americas 
v. Africa 
vi. Europe 
vii. Contemporary Societies 
d. DESCRIPTIVE CATEGORIES 
i. Inventory 
ii. Properties of Design 
iii. Elaboration 
e. DEVELOPMENTAL CHRONOLOGY 
f. SUMMARY 
g. WORKS CITED 

17. AUSTRALIA 
i. Australia 
ii. Tonga 
iii. Tapa and Tattoo 
iv. Rapu Nui