Ancient World History Chapter 1 Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the belief in many gods
  2. 7. called the "land between the rivers" by ancient Greeks
  3. 10. the use of this led to an improvement in nutrition and gave warmth
  4. 12. period of human history from 8000 BC to 4000 BC (2 words)
  5. 15. when sea levels lowered and conditions threatened human survival
  6. 16. a government established by divine authority
  7. 18. first anatomically modern humans
  8. 19. system of writing created by the Sumerians
  9. 22. study of past societies based on what people left behind
  10. 23. skilled workers
  11. 24. the invention of this around 3000 BC made transportation easier
  12. 25. the most prominent building in a Sumerian city
Down
  1. 1. basic units of Sumerian civilization
  2. 2. the study of human life and culture based on artifacts and fossils
  3. 3. early period of human history
  4. 5. creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization
  5. 6. used by Sumerians to measure fields and erect buildings
  6. 8. Sumerians were the first to make this by combining copper with tin
  7. 9. a socially expected behavior pattern
  8. 11. humans and other creatures that walk upright
  9. 13. what urban civilizations used to explain forces of nature and their roles in the world
  10. 14. arc of land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
  11. 17. a complex culture in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements
  12. 19. the way of life a people follows
  13. 20. people who move from place to place to survive
  14. 21. permanent settlements during the Neolithic Period (2 words)