Ancient Civilizations

2. Huge structures used as burial places for pharaohs
5. The beginnings of farming, agricultural revolution
6. Ancient Egyptian writing where pictures represent ideas and sounds
9. Groups that hunt or forage for their food
10. Rich farmland between the Persian gulf and the Mediterranean sea
13. A temple, "mountain of God"
14. Belief in one god
16. The taming of animals
17. "Land between the rivers" in the fertile crescent
18. Belief in more than one god
19. Persian King that created the royal road and divided the land into 20 provinces

1. An embalmed and dried corpse so it doesn't decay
2. The old stone age, from 2.5 million years ago to 8000 BC
3. People started using bronze instead of copper or stone
4. A city and its surrounding lands acting as an independent state
7. Characterized by cities, specialized workers, record keeping, and advanced technology
8. A series of rulers from the same family
11. Ruler of Persia who was kind to the people he conquered
12. A system of writing with wedge shaped symbols
15. Agricultral village in Turkey with mud houses