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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






7. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






8. 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






9. 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.






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






11. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which the great pyramids were built - Declined following the reign on Pepi II because of the rise in power of regional nomarchs and the dissolution of a centralized Egyptian government. This period was follow






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






25. 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






26. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






27. 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.






28. First to develop money - weights and measures - and hours.






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






30. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






31. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.






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






33. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






35. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.






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






37. _____________religion inspired confidence and optimism in the external order and stability of the world.






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






42. The period from 12 -000 BC to 8 -000 BC characterized by the gradual shift from hunter-gather societies to sedentary agricultural societies.






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






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






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






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






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






48. The Egyptian concept of harmony and order - justice and truth. Implied a divine force for harmony and stability which emanated from the beginning of time itself. Good rule by pharaoh signified its presence

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49. 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.






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