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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






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






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






5. 'Soldiers of God'






6. 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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






37. 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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38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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






44. 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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.