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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






9. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.






14. 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






15. Dating to 3500 BC - this civilization is one of the few cases of a civilization that started from scratch






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






41. 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


42. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






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


44. 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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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.






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