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Across
  1. 2. Before Christ. Used to label dates for things that happened before the birth of Jesus Christ in
  2. 5. River (you-fray-tees): One of the two rivers that creates Mesopotamia. It floods
  3. 6. began. BCE dates count backward from the beginning of our calendar system.
  4. 9. River (suh-ruhs-wuh-tee): Now dried up, the Sarasvati River used to flow out of the
  5. 10. Common Era. Used to label dates for things that have happened after our calendar system
  6. 12. A person who studies history and prehistory by excavating and examining artifacts
  7. 13. Someone whose job it was to serve the pharaoh and his family
  8. 15. Someone who did not have freedom and was forced to work for the pharaoh
  9. 17. (har-ap-pa): The first Indus Valley city discovered.
  10. 20. Age: A period in human history where stone was the most advanced technology.
  11. 27. other physical remains of human life.
  12. 28. (jer-i-ko): Ancient city located in the Fertile Crescent. It’s city walls may be the oldest in
  13. 29. A person who studies human history by studying written sources and physical objects.
  14. 31. A city and surrounding land that is independent and acts like its own country with its
  15. 32. Valley (in-dus): The area surrounding the Indus River, located in modern-day India and
  16. 33. Mountains (him-a-lay-a): The tallest mountains in the world; they separate the Indian
  17. 36. gatherer: A person who collects food to eat by hunting wild animals and gathering edible
  18. 38. Someone who worked for the pharaoh to help run Egypt
  19. 39. Before Common Era. Used to label dates for things that happened before our calendar
  20. 41. (mo-hen-jo-dar-o): One of the largest Indus Valley cities discovered.
  21. 42. land: The fertile land right next to the Nile
  22. 43. East: A modern term used to describe the land where Europe, Asia, and Africa all meet.
  23. 47. from the rest of Asia. The source of the Indus River.
Down
  1. 1. (mess-o-po-tame-ee-a): The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is the
  2. 3. Someone skilled in a craft like carving, painting, or writing
  3. 4. land: The infertile desert land surrounding Egypt
  4. 7. Mountains and helped support the Indus Valley Civilization.
  5. 8. River (ti-gris): One of the two rivers that creates Mesopotamia. It floods annually leaving
  6. 10. The beliefs and social customs of a group of people. It also includes the religion, stories,
  7. 11. Religious leader who would also advise the pharaoh on how to rule Egypt
  8. 12. leaving behind silt, making farming along it easier.
  9. 14. silt, making farming along it easier.
  10. 16. The name of the writing developed by the ancient Sumerians.
  11. 18. History that occurred before the invention of writing.
  12. 19. A cylinder-shaped piece of clay covered in backwards cuneiform. It could be rolled over a clay
  13. 21. world.
  14. 22. The location of an advanced ancient civilization.
  15. 23. of the earliest human farming and civilization. Located in modern-day Iraq.
  16. 24. The god-king who ruled Egypt
  17. 25. Anno Domini, means “Year of our Lord” in Latin. Used to label dates for things that happened
  18. 26. Christian calendar system. BC dates are the same as BCE dates.
  19. 30. government. All of the cities in Sumer were city-states. They were not united.
  20. 33. The study of events from the past; the study of human events after the invention of
  21. 34. side, more recent events are on the right-hand side.
  22. 35. A visual representation of time. Things that happened a very long time ago are on the
  23. 37. to write the same things over and over again.
  24. 40. of the Fertile Crescent.
  25. 44. the birth of Jesus Christ in the Christian calendar system. AD dates are the same as CE dates.
  26. 45. architecture, and music of a group of people.
  27. 46. A person with no fixed home who wanders from place to place, often in search of food.