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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






2. The smaller size of the pyramids during the 5th and 6th dynasties is reflective of the declining power of the Pharaoh and the rise in power of ____________ in an economy of increasing size.






3. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






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






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






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






8. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






9. 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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10. 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






11. 'Soldiers of God'






12. 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.






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. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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






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






21. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






22. 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.






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. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. Name for the Hebrew god.






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