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Across
- 3. the ruler of ancient Egypt
- 5. a high official
- 8. a rule of conduct or action laid down and enforced by the government
- 9. belonging to a high class that has special social or political status
- 12. the land between two rivers (Tigris and Euphrates)
- 15. a broad flat-bottomed boat
- 16. a massive structure that served as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh and high officials
- 18. a large Asian freshwater fish often raised for food
- 19. major river valley in Asia which flows through what is today Pakistan
- 20. the process of preserving the bodies of the dead
- 24. the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced
- 26. a plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which one can write
- 27. an unwritten agreement within a community under which the members most suited perform that occupation
- 29. a carved tablet representing a scroll with rolled up ends
- 31. a bank built along a river to prevent flooding
- 34. a four-sided pillar that becomes narrower toward the top and ends in a pyramid
Down
- 1. a class of scholars and copiers who were central to the functioning of government, the army and the priesthood
- 2. a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
- 3. members of a social class of low rank who worked in the fields
- 4. a building for worship
- 6. belief in many gods
- 7. term ancient Egyptians used as the official name of their land
- 10. writing made up of pictorial symbols
- 11. supplying with water by artificial means
- 13. freshwater fish that is yellowish with dark green vertical stripes and is a popular food
- 14. a collection of laws arranged in some orderly way
- 17. artificial waterway for boats or for draining or irrigating land
- 21. covering or filling with water
- 22. a barbed spear used especially in hunting large fish
- 23. an ancient Egyptian image having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk
- 25. the social and cultural differences between males or females
- 28. freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes
- 30. a country in northeastern Africa
- 32. hand-operated device for lifting water
- 33. shows the levels of each social class in terms of importance