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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






2. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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. 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.






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






34. 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






35. Name for the Hebrew god.






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






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






38. 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






39. 'Soldiers of God'






40. 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.






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






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






44. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






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






47. 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.






48. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






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