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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






8. 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






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. Between 3000 and 1500 BC - the civilization flourished over the region that extended hundreds of miles from the Himalaya Mountains to the coast of the Arabian Sea. At the heart of the civilization were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Both cities had popula






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






25. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






40. 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.






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






42. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






44. 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






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. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.