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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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






12. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






13. 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






14. 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.






15. 'Soldiers of God'






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






18. 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.






19. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






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

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22. 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.






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






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






25. 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.






26. Located at the center of each Sumerian city-state - this was a massive stepped tower upon which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of the city-state.






27. 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






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






29. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






30. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.






40. 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






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






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. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.







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