Unit 1: Early Humans and the Rise to Civilization

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Across
  1. 3. the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
  2. 7. Why would Nebs or city-states build walls, moats, or towers around
  3. 12. "the old Stone Age"; Hunter-gatherers
  4. 13. an early ancestor of humans
  5. 14. someone in ancient Sumer who would WRITE down the laws
  6. 15. an object made or used by people in the past
  7. 16. an expert who studies the past by examining objects
  8. 19. writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
  9. 20. a means of supplying land with water
  10. 21. an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities appeared
Down
  1. 1. an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
  2. 2. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
  3. 4. "before written history"
  4. 5. An increase in ______________ led to a food shortage in the hills of the Agros mountains.
  5. 6. in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates River
  6. 8. Handy Man was able to survive because of the ability to make __________
  7. 9. a society marked by developed arts, science, government, and social structure
  8. 10. Upright Man was well suited for traveling because of their long, strong, leg ___________.
  9. 11. Many early humans settled near the Fertile Crescent because it has good _________.
  10. 17. Cave art could show scholars what ________ lived in the area.
  11. 18. wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior.