Western Civilization 1 CLEP 2024

paleolithic -->second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC neolithic -->latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere) bronze age -->(archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons sumer -->A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia. gilgamesh -->the epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who searched for immortality. This is a Sumerian legend and is believed to be the first story cuneiform -->an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia sexagesimal -->Is a numeral system the people of Sumer used that has a numeral base of 60 Akkadians -->this civilization included Semitic people living north of Sumeria; united city-states of Mesopotamia; first empire in history; established by Sargon the Great Ur -->A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a site in present-day southeast Iraq. One of the oldest cities in Mesopotamia, it was an important center of Sumerian culture after c. 3000 B.C. and the birthplace of Abraham. Amorites -->the Sumerian civilization fell to this civilization Hittites -->Groups like the ______ in Anatolia gained control over iron weapons and were able to subjugate their less powerful neighbors. Kassites -->a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1520 and 1170 BC Egyptians -->we are the people who built great pyramids and were ruled by monarchs called pharaohs Giza -->An ancient city capital of Upper Egypt; site of the Great Pyramids Hyksos -->The people who invaded Egypt thus beginning the second Intermediate period during which the ______ ( a word meaning "foreigner) ruled as pharaohs in Lower Egypt and exacted tribute from the royal families in Thebes. Ra -->ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god Akhenaton -->early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC) Hieroglyphics -->an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds Mycenaeans -->first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek world 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in separate city-states; invovled in Trojan War against Troy Iliad -->a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy Phoenicians -->Sailing and trading people who had many colonies on the Mediterranean coast