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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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

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25. 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.






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






27. 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.






28. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






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






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






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






38. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






40. During this young Pharaoh's reign - the priests and military leaders who has lost power during the reign of his predecessor - Akenhaten - seized the opportunity to use the boy as their puppet and return Egypt to its traditional religion.






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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. 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.







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