World History A

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Across
  1. 2. river in Egypt
  2. 5. Sargon's empire
  3. 8. a stone that helped archaeologists decode hieroglyphs
  4. 9. _____ crescent was rich farmland in Mesopotamia
  5. 11. the other half of gatherer
  6. 12. powerful African kingdom, which is now modern Sudan
  7. 13. person who believes in many gods
  8. 15. old stone age
  9. 17. where the Sphinx lives
  10. 18. where most early civilizations settled
  11. 19. long period when much of Earth was covered by glaciers
  12. 21. period when humans began farming and building
  13. 22. earliest written code of law
  14. 24. built the first known cities in Mesopotamia
  15. 29. Jackal-headed god
  16. 31. group of territories ruled by single government
  17. 33. the center of Hammurabi's kingdom in Mesopotamia
Down
  1. 1. long poem about heroes
  2. 2. capital of Assyrian Empire
  3. 3. these jars stored the organs of the dead
  4. 4. picture-based writing system
  5. 6. complex societies with government and organized culture
  6. 7. time before humans kept written records
  7. 10. ancient civilization between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
  8. 14. process that turned copper into items
  9. 16. writing system developed by Sumerians
  10. 17. legendary Mesopotamian hero from old epic
  11. 19. bird-like Egyptian god
  12. 20. Egyptian rulers
  13. 23. the old one was called the "Age of Pyramids" in Egypt
  14. 25. empire along the Nile that lasted many centuries
  15. 26. person who moves from place to place
  16. 27. this hall is where the hearts were weighed after death
  17. 28. powerful military empire in modern Iraq
  18. 30. _____ robber steals from tombs
  19. 32. a "Great" Persian ruler