Neolithic Revolution & River Valleys Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, pressed into clay tablets.
  2. 4. Region in Southwest Asia with rich soil where farming began early.
  3. 5. Living in one place permanently instead of moving from place to place.
  4. 8. Period called the “New Stone Age” when farming and permanent villages began.
  5. 9. Extra food produced by farming.
  6. 11. South Asian river valley where Harappa developed.
  7. 12. Massive stone tombs built for pharaohs in Egypt.
  8. 15. Civilization that developed along the Huang He (Yellow River).
  9. 16. Chinese dynasty that used oracle bones and early bronze tools.
  10. 17. One of the “founder crops” first grown in Southwest Asia
  11. 18. The era where people were hunter-gatherers.
  12. 19. Early Chinese belief that rulers had the right to rule as long as they governed fairly.
  13. 20. Writing system of ancient Egypt.
Down
  1. 1. in Egypt that flooded predictably, leaving fertile soil.
  2. 2. invention of farming
  3. 5. Advanced system in the Indus Valley that carried away waste water.
  4. 6. Large temples built in Mesopotamia with step-like designs.
  5. 7. Early civilization that developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
  6. 10. Social order in Egypt placed this ruler at the very top.
  7. 13. Lifestyle of constantly moving to follow animals and plants for food.
  8. 14. To tame plants and animals for human use.