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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






2. 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.






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






4. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






5. As the most influential of the smaller Middle Eastern regional cultures - the Jews were characterized most by ______________.






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






14. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.






15. 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.






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






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






18. Migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 BC; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states; established the first form of writing - cuneiform.






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






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






21. First foreigners to conquer and rule Egypt during the 15th and 16th dynasties. Later defeated by Egyptian Soldiers opening the door for the New Kingdom.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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






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






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






27. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






28. 'wedge-shaped.' A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets.






29. 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






30. Successor to Ra as the king of the gods of Ancient Egypt - ______ is credited with teaching men to be civilized and to farm - and for teaching mankind to worship the gods and to build temples. Isis was also a wise and good ruler who taught men how to






31. 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






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






33. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






39. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






40. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






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






43. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which the Pharaohs regained powers over the priests but with somewhat less authority during which laws began to be written down.






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






45. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






47. 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.






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






49. 'Soldiers of God'






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