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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. The period from 12 -000 BC to 8 -000 BC characterized by the gradual shift from hunter-gather societies to sedentary agricultural societies.






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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.






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






7. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






16. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






17. 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






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. 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






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






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






22. Name for the Hebrew god.






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






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






37. 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.






38. 'Soldiers of God'






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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.






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.