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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. Early walled urban culture site based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jordan River.






2. Part god and part king - the __________ was the leader of the Ancient of Egyptians. It was his job to raise the sun - the crops - and the coming of the Nile. He held absolute power over the Egyptians in the present life and in the hereafter.






3. 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.






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






5. Following the defeat of the foreign Hyksos rulers - this period was the most prosperous time of Ancient Egyptian history. It saw the expansion of the Egyptian Empire to Nubia in the south as well as to the near east through warfare gaining riches and






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






7. City built by the Israelite King David in order to honor God.






8. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.






9. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.






10. 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.






11. Dating to 3500 BC - this civilization is one of the few cases of a civilization that started from scratch






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






13. Brother to the Ancient Egyptian god - Osiris - and credited with his death - _______ stands for all things unpleasant - disorder and warfare.






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






15. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.






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






17. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






18. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which permanent settlements were established - stone and crafts work developed - burial practices moved to the outer edges of the territories - and the beginnings of a belief in the afterlife became evident.






19. Monotheistic - Semitic-speaking people of Mesopotamia. Enslaved by the Egyptians - their leader Moses eventually led them out of captivity. Their religion opened the door for awareness of the self with moral autonomy - man had the choice between good






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






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






22. A sea-faring civilization located on the shores on the Eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean and devised a simplified alphabet that greatly influenced the Greek and Latin writing systems.






23. 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






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

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25. 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.






26. 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






27. 'Soldiers of God'






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






29. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.






30. Tapered pillars carved of a single piece of granite 70 - 100 feet tall symbolizing man's aspirations to immortality.






31. 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






32. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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






34. Unified Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital at Memphis around 3000 BC.






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






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






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






38. A religious outlook that see god in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature; typical of Mesopotamian religions.






39. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






40. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






41. Indo-European people who entered Mesopotamia in 1750 BC - destroying the Babylonian Empire; partnered with the Egyptians to destroy Syria - then turned on the Egyptians conquering them and ruling for several centuries; played a major role in transmit






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






43. 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






44. Documents of the Hebrew god and his law. Rather than heroic tales of gods and goddesses - this book told takes of men and women both weak and strong.






45. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.






46. The most important gods of Ancient Egypt - ________ was the sun and the begetter of the gods themselves. The myth that he was the first king on earth is the foundation on which the Pharoahs stake their claim of divinity.






47. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






48. The loose collection of territorially small cities in Mesopotamia which lacked unity with one another due to geographic isolation. Each was dedicated to a particular god or goddess.






49. 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






50. Passive - Stable - Predictable - and Conformist are adjectives that the describe the _____________ people and explain why their civilization was able to survive for an extraordinary 3 -000 years.