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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. Egyptian Pharaoh of the New Kingdom - attempted to reduce the power of the priests by establishing a monotheistic religion dedicated to Aten - the sun-god - replacing the tradition Egyptian pantheon of gods. He established himself as the sole priest






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






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






7. 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






8. Successor to Ra as the king of the gods of Ancient Egypt - ______ is credited with teaching men to be civilized and to farm - and for teaching mankind to worship the gods and to build temples. Isis was also a wise and good ruler who taught men how to






9. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. A sea-faring civilization located on the shores on the Eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean and devised a simplified alphabet that greatly influenced the Greek and Latin writing systems.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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






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






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






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. 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.






23. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






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






26. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






36. 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






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






38. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






50. 'Soldiers of God'