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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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

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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






11. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Egyptian Pharaoh of the New Kingdom - attempted to reduce the power of the priests by establishing a monotheistic religion dedicated to Aten - the sun-god - replacing the tradition Egyptian pantheon of gods. He established himself as the sole priest






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






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






30. Between 3000 and 1500 BC - the civilization flourished over the region that extended hundreds of miles from the Himalaya Mountains to the coast of the Arabian Sea. At the heart of the civilization were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Both cities had popula






31. 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.






32. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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 two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






40. 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.






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






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






44. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.