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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






24. 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.






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






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. 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






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






29. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






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






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


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






34. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.






50. 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.