211 Module 2 Egypt and Mesopotamia Class Discussion 2 Isis and the History of Art

Class,

Research and discuss this new danger to the History of Art. What do you think?

Go beyond the basic statement, “It is Horrible”, adding some evidence of research on the events that are unfolding in Iraq. In Mesopotamia, we find some of our earliest evidence of civilization, and Judeo/Christian religion; and later the birth of Islam.

You can look at the early module in our Lumen Learning text on these artifacts found in the first cities of Iraq. They are being destroyed or sold, many never to be seen again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/world/middleeast/islamic-state-blows-up-ancient-temple-at-syrias-palmyra-ruins.html?_r=0

http://nypost.com/2015/02/26/isis-destroys-ancient-iraqi-artifacts/

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/world/iraq-violence/index.html