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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






2. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






3. Located at the center of each Sumerian city-state - this was a massive stepped tower upon which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of the city-state.






4. Stepson of Hatshepsut - he lead the military expeditions during her reign. When he became Pharaoh - he enlisted thousands of men to help him capture more land than any other Pharaoh before him. At the time - he ruled the largest empire ever ruled by






5. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






6. Prior to the Bronze Age - during the 4th Millenium - crafters smelted tools from ___________.






7. Born a commoner - this Pharaoh rose to power at the age of 15 on the coat tails of his family's military prowess and reigned until his death at age 93. As one of Egypt's greatest kings - he relied heavily on propaganda and diplomacy - building temple






8. Beginning of the Neolithic Period or 'New Stone Age'. Saw the adaptation of sedentary agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.






9. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






10. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.






11. The most important ruler in Babylonian history. Responsible for the codification of law. Ruled over public and private life; business - financial - and criminal law. Judgements were often harsh.






12. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.






13. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.

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14. The life of the _____________ was filled with anxiety and pessimism because the gods themselves were unstable and the idea of an afterlife was unknown






15. The Great Pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh ________.






16. The term given to the development of agricultural societies. This revolution in economic - political - and social organization began in the Middle East as early as 10 -000 B.C.E. and gradually spread to other centers - including parts of India - Nort






17. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.






18. Homo Species that disappeared at the end of the Paleolithic period.






19. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.






20. Egyptian civilization sprang up in northern Africa - along the ______________; this river played a crucial role in the ability of the Egyptians to produce an abundant harvest.






21. The position of _________ was less free and equal in agricultural societies than in hunting societies.






22. Achievements of the ___________ civilization include the construction of irrigation ditches - introduction of the plow - and wheel made pottery.






23. The Greek leaders of Egypt after it was conquered by Alexander the Great. These leaders took on much of the Egyptian culture - even calling themselves Pharaoh.






24. The period prior to 12 -000 BC typified by the use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence; describes the majority of 2 million plus years of the existence of homo species.






25. The smaller size of the pyramids during the 5th and 6th dynasties is reflective of the declining power of the Pharaoh and the rise in power of ____________ in an economy of increasing size.






26. From the Latin term for 'city.' Characterized by formal states - writing - cities - and monuments.






27. Ruler of Akkad - he established the first empire in Mesopotamian civilization conquering and uniting the Sumerian city-states under a centralized bureaucratic government. Installed himself as the mediator between the gods and man - above the priests.






28. People of Akkad who overruled the Sumerians and assimilated their culture. Simplified the Sumerian cuneiform.






29. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.






30. This successfully diplomatic Pharaoh of the New Kingdom avoided continued warfare - commissioned the construction of two huge temples in Nubia that were unusually dedicated to the gods of ancient Egypt - Chiefly Amen-Re - rather than to the Pharaoh a






31. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.






32. Ancient Sumerian king - ruled 2700 BC. Credited with having been a demigod of superhuman strength who built a great city wall to defend his people from external threats. Influence of his epic stories are seen in the Hebrew story of the Great Flood.






33. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.






34. Cunning woman who became Pharaoh during the New Kingdom. She relied heavily on propoganda claimed to be the daughter of the God Amen - often presented herself with a male body and false beard in statues and imagery. Her stepson - whom she had usurped






35. The first economic class not responsible for producing their own food and shelter.






36. Ancient Sumerian economies were ___________ with Priests charged with caring for the gods and goddesses and then providing for the community.






37. Wife of Akenhaten - died during his celebration. After which Akenhaten became intolerant of any other gods - obsessively erasing them from history and neglecting his kingdom in the process.






38. Following the Bronze Age - in the 2nd Millenium - crafters began to smelt tools from _______.






39. Intermediate form of ecological adaptation in which temporary forms of cultivation are carried out with little impact on the natural ecology; typical of rainforest cultivators.






40. The African state that developed along the upper reached of the Nile circa 1000 BC; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.






41. First common language used for trading amongst people of different groups - replaced Hebrew in religious texts - and was probably spoken by Jesus and his disciples.






42. Sumerian relationship with their gods was ___________. Humans were created to do the manual labor for the gods.






43. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






44. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.






45. Name for the Hebrew god.






46. The practice of seeking to foretell future events by interpreting divine signs - which could appear in various forms - such as in entrails of animals - in patterns in smoke - or in dreams.






47. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.






48. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.






49. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.






50. Egyptian sun-god that attained preeminence above other Egyptian deities. Briefly leading the Egyptians into monotheism prior to the reign of Tutankhamen which saw the restoration of the older religion and its promise of an afterlife.







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