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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






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

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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. The life of the _____________ was filled with anxiety and pessimism because the gods themselves were unstable and the idea of an afterlife was unknown






43. 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.






44. Born a commoner - this Pharaoh rose to power at the age of 15 on the coat tails of his family's military prowess and reigned until his death at age 93. As one of Egypt's greatest kings - he relied heavily on propaganda and diplomacy - building temple






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






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






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






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






49. The first civilizations - they created a basic set of tools - intellectual concepts such as writing and mathematics - and political forms that would persist and spread to other parts of Europe - Asia - and Africa. Most were in decline by 1000 BC.






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