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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 'Soldiers of God'






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






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






8. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






30. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






31. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






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

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40. 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.






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






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






43. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






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






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







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