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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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

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






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






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






17. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






24. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. Beginning of the Neolithic Period or 'New Stone Age'. Saw the adaptation of sedentary agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






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






39. 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






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






41. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






42. 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






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






44. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






50. 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.







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