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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






3. First foreigners to conquer and rule Egypt during the 15th and 16th dynasties. Later defeated by Egyptian Soldiers opening the door for the New Kingdom.






4. 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.






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






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






7. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.






8. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






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






21. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Following the defeat of the foreign Hyksos rulers - this period was the most prosperous time of Ancient Egyptian history. It saw the expansion of the Egyptian Empire to Nubia in the south as well as to the near east through warfare gaining riches and






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






42. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






43. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






44. 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.






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






46. 'Soldiers of God'






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






48. 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






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






50. 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.