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Ancient Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Sumerian Art - 3000 BC - 2300 BC
Akkadian Art - 2300 BC - 2150 BC
Neo-Sumerian Art - 2150 - 2000 BC
Babylonian Art - 1900 BC - 1600 BC
Assyrian Art - 900 BC - 612 BC
Neo-Babylonian Art - 625 BC - 539 BC
Egypt
Early Dynastic Art - 3500 BC - 2686 BC
Old Kingdom Art - 2686 BC - 2185 BC
Middle Kingdom Art - 2133 BC - 1750 BC
Early New Kingdom Art - 1570 BC - 1353 BC
Amarna Art - 1353 BC - 1332 BC
Late New Kingdom Art - 1332 - 1075 BC
Late Period Art - 750 - 332 BC
Macedonian Dynasty Art - 332 - 304 BC
Ptolemaic Dynasty Art - 304 - 30 BC
Art under the Roman Emperors - 30 BC - 395 AD
The Cycladic Islands/Crete
Early Minoan Art - 2800 BC - 2000 BC
Middle Minoan Art - 2000 BC - 1700 BC
Late Minoan Art - 1550 BC - 1400 BC
Phoenicia - 1500 BC - 500 BC
Nomadic Tribes
Luristan Art - 700 BC - 500 BC
Scythian Art - 600 BC - 300 BC
Persian Empire Art - 539 BC - 331 BC
Classical Civilizations
Greek Art
Mycenaean Art - 1550 BC - 1200 BC
Geometric Art - 900 BC - 700 BC
Archaic Art - 700 BC - 480 BC
Orientalizing Phase - 735 BC - 650 BC
Early Classical Art - 480 BC - 450 BC
High Classical Art - 450 BC - 400 BC
Late Classical Art - 400 BC - 323 BC
Hellenistic Art - 323 BC - 30 BC
Etruscan Art
Early Iron Age Art - 9th century - c. 675 BC
Orientalizing Phase - c. 675 - c. 575 BC
Archaic Period Art - c. 575 - c. 480 BC
Classical Period Art - c. 480 - c. 300 BC
Hellenistic Period Art - c. 300 - c. 50 BC
Roman Art
Republican Art - 510 BC - 27 BC
Early Roman Empire Art - 27 BC - 285 AD
Late Roman Empire/Late Antique Art - 285 - 476
Judean Art - 600 BC - 135 AD
Celtic Art
Early Style - c. 450 - c. 350 BC
Waldalgesheim Style - c. 350 - c. 250 BC
Sword and Plastic Styles - c. 250 - c. 125 BC
Oppida Period Art - c. 125 - c. 50 BC
Britain and Ireland before 600 AD
Parthian and Sassanidic Art - 238 BC - 637 AD
Non-Western Ancient Art
Asia
China
Neolithic – c. 6,000 BC – c. 1,600 BC
Shang Dynasty – 1,766 BC – 1,045 BC
Zhou Dynasty – 1,045 BC – 256 BC
Qin Dynasty – 221 BC – 206 BC
Han Dynasty – 206 BC – 220 AD
Three Kingdoms Period – 220 AD – 280 AD
Western Jin Dynasty – 265 AD – 316 AD
Six Dynasties Period – 222 AD – 589 AD
Northern and Southern Dynasties Period – 310 AD – 589 AD
Japan
Jomon – 4,500 BC – 200 BC
Yayoi – 200 BC – 200 AD
Kofun – 200 AD – 500 AD
India
Indus Valley – 4,000 BC – 1,800 BC
Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilization - 3,000 BC – 1,500 BC
Aryan India - 1,500 BC – 500 BC
The Mauryan Empire - 321 BC – 233 BC
Gandhara and Kushan School – 1st – 3rd centuries AD
The Gupta Dynasty - 320 AD – 510 AD
Africa
Rock Art in Southern Africa
Sahara - Bubalus Period – c. 6,000 – c. 3,500 BC
Lower Nubia – c. 3,500 BC – 2,000 BC
Kush – 2,000 BC – 325 AD
Pre-dynastic Kemet – to 3,050 BC
The Nok Culture - 400 BC – 200 AD
Aksum - 350 BC – 1,000 AD
North America
Mexico
Olmec Art - 1,200 BC – 350 BC
Zapotec Art – 1,400 BC – 400 AD
Huastec Art - c. 1000 BC - 1521 AD
Mayan Art - 300 BC – 800 AD
South America
Valdivian Art - c. 4000 - c. 1500 BC
Chavin Art - c. 2600 BC - c. 200 BC
San Agustin - c. 800 BC - c. 1630 AD
Moche and Nasca Art - c. 200 BC - c. 600 AD
Oceania
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