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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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.






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






7. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






8. 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.






9. 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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






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






21. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






22. 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.






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






30. 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






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






32. Name for the Hebrew god.






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. 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






37. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






38. The Egyptian concept of harmony and order - justice and truth. Implied a divine force for harmony and stability which emanated from the beginning of time itself. Good rule by pharaoh signified its presence

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39. 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.






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






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






42. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which the great pyramids were built - Declined following the reign on Pepi II because of the rise in power of regional nomarchs and the dissolution of a centralized Egyptian government. This period was follow






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






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






45. 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.






46. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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






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






49. The loose collection of territorially small cities in Mesopotamia which lacked unity with one another due to geographic isolation. Each was dedicated to a particular god or goddess.






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