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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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

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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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






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






22. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






24. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. Name for the Hebrew god.






35. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






39. 'Soldiers of God'






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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 Great Pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh ________.






50. 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.