Early River Valley Civilizations

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Across
  1. 4. an extensive group of states under a single ruler
  2. 5. better writing surface
  3. 7. historians describe the pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties as the
  4. 9. series of rulers from a single family
  5. 13. belief in more than one god
  6. 15. land between two rivers
  7. 16. silt that is fertile soil and flows in the "yellow river"
  8. 18. egyptian gods/kings
  9. 19. embalming and drying a corpse to prevent it from decaying
Down
  1. 1. was central to Chinese society
  2. 2. type of government in which rule is based on religious authority
  3. 3. Uruk, Kish, Lagash, and Umma are examples of
  4. 5. resting place after death
  5. 6. seasonal winds that dominated indias climate
  6. 8. process in which a new idea or product spreads from one culture to another
  7. 10. political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of land that legally belong to the king
  8. 11. a picture stands for an idea
  9. 12. land facing the Mediterranean sea
  10. 14. belief in one god
  11. 17. animal bones and tortoise shells on which priests had scratched questions for the gods