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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






11. The practice of seeking to foretell future events by interpreting divine signs - which could appear in various forms - such as in entrails of animals - in patterns in smoke - or in dreams.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






18. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






19. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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

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42. 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.






43. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






44. 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






45. 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.






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






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. 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.






49. 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.






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






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