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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






3. 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






4. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






6. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






7. 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.






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






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






11. 'Soldiers of God'






12. The Greek leaders of Egypt after it was conquered by Alexander the Great. These leaders took on much of the Egyptian culture - even calling themselves Pharaoh.






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






14. 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.






15. Name for the Hebrew god.






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






33. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. 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






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






40. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






41. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. 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