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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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

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23. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Tapered pillars carved of a single piece of granite 70 - 100 feet tall symbolizing man's aspirations to immortality.






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 'Soldiers of God'






48. 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.






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






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