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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






17. 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.






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






19. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






41. 'Soldiers of God'






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






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






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. 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.






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






47. The New Babylonian king who destroyed the Hebrew kingdom of Judah and enslaved the Jews.






48. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






50. 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.







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