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Across
- 1. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
- 3. writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
- 7. a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
- 8. the difference between two things, or the rate of change between two states, depending on the context.
- 12. the spread of one culture's practices, beliefs, and/or items, like food, music, or tools.
- 17. a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region.
- 19. a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern
- 20. a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.
Down
- 2. A region of western Asia, in what is now Iraq
- 4. an old-fashioned method of preparing a dead body so that it doesn't decay
- 5. the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
- 6. a roughly crescent-shaped area of relatively fertile land
- 9. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 10. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
- 11. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
- 13. a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition
- 14. the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
- 15. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
- 16. a ruler in ancient Egypt.
- 18. A king of ancient Mesopotamia, known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code.