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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






3. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






4. 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.






5. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






7. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






8. 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.






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






10. 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


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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Born a commoner - this Pharaoh rose to power at the age of 15 on the coat tails of his family's military prowess and reigned until his death at age 93. As one of Egypt's greatest kings - he relied heavily on propaganda and diplomacy - building temple






30. 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.






31. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






39. Cunning woman who became Pharaoh during the New Kingdom. She relied heavily on propoganda claimed to be the daughter of the God Amen - often presented herself with a male body and false beard in statues and imagery. Her stepson - whom she had usurped






40. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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






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






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






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