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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






20. 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.






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






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






24. 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.






25. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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

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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. Brother to the Ancient Egyptian god - Osiris - and credited with his death - _______ stands for all things unpleasant - disorder and warfare.






39. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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






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






42. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






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






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






46. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






48. 'Soldiers of God'






49. 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






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







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