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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East

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






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






3. 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.






4. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.






5. 'Soldiers of God'






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. 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






8. Major contributor to the spread of culture.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.






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






29. 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.






30. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.






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






32. Name for the Hebrew god.






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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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47. 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.






48. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.






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






50. 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