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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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






3. 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.






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Egyptian civilization sprang up in northern Africa - along the ______________; this river played a crucial role in the ability of the Egyptians to produce an abundant harvest.






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






13. 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.






14. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






15. 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.






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






18. 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






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






20. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. Located at the center of each Sumerian city-state - this was a massive stepped tower upon which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of the city-state.






26. 'Soldiers of God'






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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






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

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31. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






42. 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.






43. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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