RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS
Across
- 2. this structure resembles a pyramid with steps
- 4. the chinese were the first to develop the ability to make this luxury item
- 5. one of the two most famous cities in the Indus River Valley
- 6. Main character in the world's oldest known story
- 9. strong winds that can cause flooding and droughts
- 11. a government that rules through religion
- 14. stones used by Indus merchants to identify their goods
- 16. the supply of water to land or crops, typically by means of channels.
- 17. the chinese would grow this crop along the Yellow River (Huang He)
- 18. the acronym scari is used to remember the traits of this
Down
- 1. bones used by the chinese to predict the future
- 3. a ruling family that passes leadership from one generation to the next
- 4. this dynasty in China built the first known cities
- 7. ancient land whose name means the land between two rivers
- 8. the indus writing system made up of 400 symbols
- 10. the first civilizations settled near this geographic feature
- 12. the first system of writing that began in Sumer
- 13. the belief in many gods
- 15. the name of one of the two rivers mesopotamia is between