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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






7. 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.






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






10. 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.






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






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

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13. Name for the Hebrew god.






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






22. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






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






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






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






39. Egyptian sun-god that attained preeminence above other Egyptian deities. Briefly leading the Egyptians into monotheism prior to the reign of Tutankhamen which saw the restoration of the older religion and its promise of an afterlife.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






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