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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






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






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

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6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






12. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. Wife of Akenhaten - died during his celebration. After which Akenhaten became intolerant of any other gods - obsessively erasing them from history and neglecting his kingdom in the process.






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






19. 'Soldiers of God'






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






33. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






39. 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.






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






41. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






43. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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