Ancient Civilizations

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Across
  1. 7. River near the Euphrates, where Sumer began
  2. 8. Burial place for wealthy Egyptians
  3. 9. Rules for living with one another
  4. 11. A relative who lived before you
  5. 12. Writing material like paper
  6. 16. The first civilization where Iraq is today
  7. 17. A system of letters invented by the Phoenicians to make writing easier.
  8. 18. Metal used by the Hittites to make weapons
  9. 20. ______ the Great led Persian armies as far as India
  10. 24. Worship of god or gods
  11. 25. Use of ditches to water crops during dry season.
  12. 26. Preserved bogy of dead Egyptians
  13. 28. Religious leaser born in India
  14. 29. What Hieroglyphics were used to do
Down
  1. 1. River along which early Chinese people lived
  2. 2. Kind of writing done in Sumer
  3. 3. An Indian system of classes
  4. 4. Curved tops of windows or doors that made buildings stronger
  5. 5. Pieces of clay upon which Sumerians wrote
  6. 6. Egyptian ruler
  7. 10. Great Chinese teacher
  8. 13. Huge tomb for Egyptian pharaoh
  9. 14. Trading one item for another when money is not used.
  10. 15. Nation that built roads over its lands for armies and messengers
  11. 19. A people who do not eat meat for religious reasons
  12. 21. River depended on by the Egyptian people
  13. 22. study of numbers, short form
  14. 23. The river where ancient Indian Civilization began
  15. 27. Nation whose people believed their ruler was a god