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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






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






4. 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






5. 'Soldiers of God'






6. 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.






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






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


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






11. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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.






25. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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






27. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






29. 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


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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. Part god and part king - the __________ was the leader of the Ancient of Egyptians. It was his job to raise the sun - the crops - and the coming of the Nile. He held absolute power over the Egyptians in the present life and in the hereafter.






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






47. 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






48. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






49. 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.






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