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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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.






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






6. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






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






19. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






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






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






23. Brother to the Ancient Egyptian god - Osiris - and credited with his death - _______ stands for all things unpleasant - disorder and warfare.






24. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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

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






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






45. 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






46. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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