Crossword Battles - Unit 2 - River Valley Civilizations

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Across
  1. 4. early Indian writing system
  2. 7. early Egyptian writing system / like cuneiform, they conveyed meaning based on a specific picture
  3. 9. river that flows through modern Pakistan / makes farming possible in an otherwise dry region / both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro - the largest cities of the Harappan Civilization - were located along this river
  4. 10. first major city-state in Mesopotamia / located between the Tigris and Euphrates
  5. 11. civilization centered around the Nile River Valley
  6. 12. became a major power in the Near East after Hammurabi created a short-lived empire in southern and central Mesopotamia / name of several successive empires - the last emperor Nabonidus was deposed by Cyrus the Great
  7. 14. tombs built for pharaohs that usually started when they took power
  8. 15. flows south from the mountains of the Armenian highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, and empties into the Persian Gulf / important for irrigation and a major transportation route through Mesopotamia
  9. 16. third longest river in the world and longest river in Eurasia / rice cultivation triggered the development of civilization around this river
  10. 18. Chinese civilization developed along this river / regarded as the world's muddiest river
  11. 20. worship of many gods
  12. 22. rises in the western Himalayas and flows through India and Bangladesh
Down
  1. 1. natural boundary for the Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization / separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau
  2. 2. wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia and Persia / survived mainly impressed on clay tablets / the Cyrus Cylinder was written in this script
  3. 3. Egyptian rulers who had absolute power
  4. 5. the modern state you should associate with ancient Mesopotamia / invaded by the United States in 2003
  5. 6. system of rule where religious leaders also led the government
  6. 8. means “land between rivers” in Greek / situated in the fertile valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers / regular flooding provided fertile soil for farming
  7. 9. watering of land with pipes, canals, or other man-made means to foster crop growth
  8. 10. first Chinese dynasty proven by the archaeological record OR by artifacts / ruled the Yellow River Valley from 1556 to 1046 BCE
  9. 11. longest river in southwest Asia and one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia / flows south from the mountains of eastern Turkey and empties into the Persian Gulf
  10. 13. time from around 2000 to 700 BCE when people used bronze / presence of writing in some areas and other early features of civilization / its end was associated with environmental change, mass migration, and destruction of cities
  11. 17. founder of the Old Babylonian Empire / known for his Code - the first written code of laws - "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
  12. 19. hereditary rule by a family
  13. 21. longest river in the world / flooded at the same time every year - this predictability was associated with the Gods