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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. 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.
River-Valley Civilizations
Sargon I
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Priests and Magicians
2. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
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Flint
Ra
3. 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
Hieroglyphics
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Redistributive
Monotheism
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.
Cheops or Khufu
Hatshepsut
Shifting Cultivation
Mesopotamian
5. 'Soldiers of God'
Set
Ma'at
Israelites
Redistributive
6. Major contributor to the spread of culture.
New Kingdom
Phoenicians
War
Judah and Israel
7. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Egyptian
Ten Commandments
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Yahweh or Jehovah
8. 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
Arameic
Patriarchal
Amenhotep III
Judah and Israel
9. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Narmer or Menes
Human
Nile River
Priests and Magicians
10. 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.
Shifting Cultivation
Aten
Tutankhamen
Nile River
11. 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
Tuthmosis III
Ramesses II
Copper
Persians
12. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Fertile Crescent
Sumerians
Middle East
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
13. 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.
Nefertiti
Hebrews
Nebuchanezzar
Priests
14. 'wedge-shaped.' A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets.
Hammurabi
Sumerian
Hebrews
Cuneiform
15. Early walled urban culture site based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jordan River.
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Arameic
Jericho
Old Kingdom
16. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
Israelites
Kush
Women
Papyrus
17. 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.
Sumerians
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
River-Valley Civilizations
Thebes
18. People of Akkad who overruled the Sumerians and assimilated their culture. Simplified the Sumerian cuneiform.
Semites
8 -000 BC
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Neanderthals
19. 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
Narmer or Menes
Osiris
Sumerian
Old Kingdom
20. Sumerian relationship with their gods was ___________. Humans were created to do the manual labor for the gods.
Copper
Subservient
Hammurabi
Old Testament
21. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.
Aten
Mesopotamians
Bronze Age
Copper
22. Unified Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital at Memphis around 3000 BC.
Pre-dynastic Period
Aten
Hieroglyphics
Narmer or Menes
23. 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.
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Hieroglyphics
Ptolemies
Pre-dynastic Period
24. Homo Species that disappeared at the end of the Paleolithic period.
Sargon I
Ten Commandments
Copper
Neanderthals
25. The New Babylonian king who destroyed the Hebrew kingdom of Judah and enslaved the Jews.
8 -000 BC
Monotheism
Nebuchanezzar
Women
26. 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.
Mesopotamian
Human
Ra
Old Testament
27. 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.
Subservient
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Narmer
Nefertiti
28. 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.
Obelisks
Tutankhamen
Pre-dynastic Period
Natufian Complex
29. The African state that developed along the upper reached of the Nile circa 1000 BC; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.
Indus Valley Civilizations
Kush
Amenhotep III
New Kingdom
30. 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
Osiris
Persians
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
31. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.
Hieroglyphics
Yahweh or Jehovah
Animals
Mythopoeic
32. 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.
Phoenicians
Ma'at
Papyrus
Military
33. 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.
Gilgamesh
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Amenhotep III
Babylonian Empire
34. Beginning of the Neolithic Period or 'New Stone Age'. Saw the adaptation of sedentary agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.
Natufian Complex
8 -000 BC
Fertile Crescent
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
35. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.
Pre-dynastic Period
Middle East
Hittites
Water
36. 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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37. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Hieroglyphics
Pastoralism
Fertile Crescent
Thebes
38. Name for the Hebrew god.
Copper
Monotheism
Babylonian Empire
Yahweh or Jehovah
39. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.
Ziggurat
Natufian Complex
Cheops or Khufu
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
40. 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
Divine Right
Ramesses II
Indus Valley Civilizations
Fertile Crescent
41. The position of _________ was less free and equal in agricultural societies than in hunting societies.
Jerusalem
Women
Ptolemies
Ziggurat
42. _____________religion inspired confidence and optimism in the external order and stability of the world.
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Tutankhamen
Pyramids
Egyptian
43. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.
Divine Right
Phoenicians
Ten Commandments
Narmer
44. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Animals
Hieroglyphics
Matrilocal
Iron
45. 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.
War
Sumerians
Priests
Hittites
46. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Art
Hebrews
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Shifting Cultivation
47. 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
City-states
Hittites
Nefertiti
Babylonian Empire
48. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
New Kingdom
Priests
Sumerians
Mythopoeic
49. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
Civilization
Persians
Bronze Age
8 -000 BC
50. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
New Kingdom
Bronze Age
Persians
Water
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