River Valleys: Fertile Crescent

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Across
  1. 2. Name of this civilization means "Between the Rivers"
  2. 5. Type of paper invented in Egypt from reeds
  3. 8. Led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt
  4. 9. Writing system in ancient Egypt
  5. 11. Writing system that uses pictures instead of letters to represent words and sounds
  6. 16. Civilization on the Upper Nile that worked with and sometimes against Egypt
  7. 17. Another name for the Hebrew people
  8. 18. Egypt can be found on this continent
  9. 20. First written language from Mesopotamia
  10. 21. Artifact that allowed hieroglyphics to be translated
  11. 24. Mesopotamian temple
  12. 25. Had the first written law code
Down
  1. 1. Belief in many gods
  2. 3. Phoenicians established these throughout the Mediterranean Sea
  3. 4. Government run by religion or a leader seen as a god
  4. 6. People known for their sea-faring abilities, known for purple dye
  5. 7. Term for the kings and queens of Ancient Egypt
  6. 10. Belief in one god
  7. 12. A family royal-line that rules for a long time
  8. 13. Father of monotheistic, considered the first Jew
  9. 14. A city that is independent and functions like its own country
  10. 15. This city is important to all three Abrahamic religions
  11. 19. Jewish holy book, contains the history of the Hebrew people
  12. 22. This river is the key to Egyptian civilization
  13. 23. Fertile soil that comes from flooding rivers
  14. 26. Most important Phoenician invention, you use it today