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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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. 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.






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

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






13. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.






14. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






15. 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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






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






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






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. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which the Pharaohs regained powers over the priests but with somewhat less authority during which laws began to be written down.






27. 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.






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






39. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






40. 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.






41. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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