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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. 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






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






22. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






23. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. 'Soldiers of God'






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






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






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






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






49. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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