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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Beginning of the Neolithic Period or 'New Stone Age'. Saw the adaptation of sedentary agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






24. 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.






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






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






27. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. The period prior to 12 -000 BC typified by the use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence; describes the majority of 2 million plus years of the existence of homo species.