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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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

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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






15. 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.






16. 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






17. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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. Name for the Hebrew god.






25. 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.






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






27. Sumerian relationship with their gods was ___________. Humans were created to do the manual labor for the gods.






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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.






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. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






46. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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