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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






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






8. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






9. 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






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






11. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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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16. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






29. 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






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






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






32. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






34. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.






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