Topic 3 lesson 1-2

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Across
  1. 6. a government official
  2. 9. area formed by soil deposits that build up as river water slows down
  3. 11. a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
  4. 14. wild rapids
  5. 15. _____ influenced every aspect of Egyptian life.
Down
  1. 1. The Egyptians believed in a peaceful life after death, especially for the ______________.
  2. 2. a person's rank compared to others
  3. 3. building the __________ also led the Egyptians to make advances in mathematics.
  4. 4. a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer water from a river to storage bins.
  5. 5. ______ workers performed manual labor, such as unloading cargo from boats and transporting it to markets.
  6. 7. the process of treating a body to prevent from decaying
  7. 8. The world's longest river
  8. 10. a reed plant cut into strips and pressed together to create a writing surface
  9. 12. In Egypt, the earliest rulers were village ______.
  10. 13. few Egyptian children attended _______.