Achievements and Geography of the Ancient World

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  1. 3. the enlightened one - born Siddhartha Gautama.
  2. 6. a large Sumerian temple with many levels and long ramps of staircases.
  3. 7. imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and heads of humans.
  4. 11. really long poems that tell a story.
  5. 13. division of groups of people by ranks.
  6. 14. conquered the known world by age 26.
  7. 18. literally land between the two rivers.
  8. 19. picture symbols used in writing.
  9. 21. Egyptian writing system that uses symbols.
  10. 25. life after death.
  11. 28. a wheeled horse drawn cart
  12. 29. a series of rulers form the same family.
  13. 30. the source of life in Egypt.
  14. 31. the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul.
Down
  1. 1. wedge shaped stick for writing cuneiform.
  2. 2. paper like material invented by the Egyptians using plants.
  3. 4. the world's first writing system which uses pictographs
  4. 5. the two rivers that support civilization in Mesopotamia.
  5. 8. a woman who became pharaoh
  6. 9. a male who is educated to write.
  7. 10. the worship of more than one god.
  8. 12. a soft light fabric made from worm cocoons.
  9. 15. a large manmade stone barrier built to keep invaders out.
  10. 16. soldiers who ride horses.
  11. 17. the Hindu belief in rebirth.
  12. 20. slab of black obsidian with Egyptian hieroglyphics, and two forms of Greek.
  13. 22. large stone tombs with four triangle shaped sides that meet in a point.
  14. 23. deceased humans whose bodies have been specially treated and wrapped in linen.
  15. 24. a triangle shaped area of land at the mouth of a river.
  16. 26. title of the king of Egypt - means "great house"
  17. 27. a state of perfect peace.