Egypt
Across
- 2. A tomb so large that historians assume it was one of a cruel tyrant
- 7. Rock formations that create churning rapids
- 8. Sheets of paperlike material
- 11. Term meaning that people belonged to different social classes and each class had a rank in society
- 13. These were used in Egyptian writing instead of letters
- 15. This king reunited Egypt under native Egyptian rule
- 16. Chief officials to the king
- 18. The king of Upper Egypt that conquered Lower Egypt and became ruler of all Egypt
- 20. In the generations following the reign of Ramses II, this Nubian kingdom asserted its independence.
- 21. An area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water
Down
- 1. Provided a critical trade route for exotic goods from central Africa
- 3. Massive monumental tombs to house dead bodies
- 4. Exchange of goods or services
- 5. The preserved bodies of pharaohs
- 6. These people brought an end to the Middle Kingdom
- 9. People who had mastered the skill of writing in hieroglyphs
- 10. A title used for Egyptian kings
- 12. A series of rulers from the same family
- 14. History's earliest well-known female ruler
- 17. The most important god, the sun god, who created the world
- 18. Kingdom, A new era of peace and prosperity launched by Mentuhotep II
- 19. Kingdom, This period spanned nearly 500 years from 1550 B.C. to 1070 B.C.