Ancient Near East- Basic Knowledge

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Across
  1. 3. Created the world’s first professional army
  2. 7. It replaced bronze due to availability and cheapness
  3. 11. Credited with writing the first law code in history
  4. 14. This enabled long distance trade
  5. 15. Neo-Babylonian king know for building the Hanging Gardens and destroying Jerusalem
  6. 17. World first known conqueror
  7. 18. Idea and practice developed by the Phoenicians to expand their trade networks
  8. 19. Oldest known monotheistic faith
  9. 20. These allowed maritime trade
Down
  1. 1. Oldest known work of fiction in human history
  2. 2. Area made up of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates and the Levant Coast
  3. 4. Language family originating in the Near East and including Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician
  4. 5. World’s first civilization
  5. 6. A specialized worker trained in the use of writing
  6. 8. First metal used large-scale in human history
  7. 9. Oldest form of writing known to man
  8. 10. Principle upon which the first law code operated
  9. 12. New method of writing developed by the Phoenicians
  10. 13. Belief in only one god
  11. 16. Stepped pyramid located in the middle of Sumerian cities