Ancient Civilizations

2. sort of coffin used by Egyptians with a person's likeness carved onto the lid
3. Egyptian pictographic alphabet
6. from the point of view of a particular group or culture
10. people who go from place to place with no permanent home
12. time period when people roamed in search of food
13. discovery that enabled modern historians to read hieroglyphics
14. Geographic location where most early civilizations began around
15. Chaldean king who wanted to revive the traditions of the Babylonians
16. geographical area between Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
17. pictographic alphabet used by various people in Mesopotamia

1. first written code of law created in Babylon
4. who said "Egypt is the gift of the Nile."?
5. political arrangement of Sumer, in which each city governed itself
7. an Egyptian monarch who was also considered to be a god
8. people begin to have separate jobs & trade in order to meet needs
9. type of economy in which is not used, but people trade good directly for other goods
11. the Lydians affected the Persians economy by influencing the Persians to use this