8,000 BCE to 600 CE

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Across
  1. 1. religion founded in India
  2. 4. continuation of the Roman Empire
  3. 7. material harvested from the cocoons of certain worm species, prevalent in China's silk trade
  4. 8. River provided food, transportation, irrigation and fertilized the soil with predictable flooding
  5. 10. designating or pertaining to a photographic script
  6. 12. the start of human settlements
  7. 14. a form of government in which power is held by nobility
  8. 15. a Greek philosopher who introduced the idea of observing and recording nature
  9. 16. thought to be the oldest inhabited city
Down
  1. 2. the working of metals
  2. 3. a Greek philosopher who is considered to be the founder of western philosophy
  3. 5. neolithic method of forming by cutting and burning trees farming on the ashes then moving on
  4. 6. a type of bridge, water supply system
  5. 9. 'Land Between the Rivers'
  6. 11. period lasted from 323 BC when Alexander the Great came to power to 146 BC when Rome conquered Greece
  7. 13. of Heaven Asian version of 'divine flights of kings'