Ancient Near East and Egypt

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  1. 3. A reed that grew along the Nile, used by Egyptians to make paper.
  2. 6. A fertile region in the Near East between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  3. 10. The famous pharaoh whose nearly untouched tomb was discovered in 1922.
  4. 11. A Mesopotamian temple tower with a square base and spiral ramp.
  5. 12. The title given to a ruler of ancient Egypt.
  6. 13. The desert that covers much of Egypt and North Africa.
  7. 14. An ancient Sumerian city-state, and one of the oldest cities in Mesopotamia.
  8. 15. The stone slab inscribed with a decree in three different scripts, crucial for deciphering hieroglyphs.
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  1. 1. The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
  2. 2. This large, mythical creature has the head of a human and the body of a lion.
  3. 4. An ancient Babylonian law maker known for its "eye for an eye" principle.
  4. 5. The Egyptian process of preserving a dead body before burial.
  5. 7. This massive triangular tomb was built for pharaohs in ancient Egypt.
  6. 8. The river that provided the basis for Egyptian civilization.
  7. 9. The ancient Mesopotamian writing system consisting of wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets.