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1. 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.
4. independent states under the control of one ruler.
8. a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia Asia Minor East Thrace.
9. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
12. A king of ancient Mesopotamia, known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code
13. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain
14. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
15. a landform shaped like a triangle, created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water
18. the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt
19. an old-fashioned method of preparing a dead body so that it doesn't decay.
20. This process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another

2. were thought to be almost as splendid and powerful as the gods of the heavens.
3. The belief in more than one god
5. region of western Asia, in what is now Iraq a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran
6. 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.
7. is a crescent-shaped region located in the middle east.
10. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
11. brings together several peoples, nations, or
12. The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation or the Harappan Civilisation
16. an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period
17. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.