Eastern Hemisphere Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. a crescent-shaped region in Western Asia
- 6. a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system
- 8. a large landmass smaller than a continent the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent.
- 9. the spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures
- 11. sixth and best-known ruler of the 1st (Amorite) dynasty of Babylon
- 14. a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet
- 15. the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent.
- 17. sacred carvings
- 19. an ancient massive structure found especially in Egypt having typically a square ground plan, outside walls in the form of four triangles that meet in a point at the top
- 20. the community structure of ancient Greece
Down
- 1. the belief in many gods
- 2. wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water, such as an ocean, lake, or another river
- 3. the writing support invented by the ancient Egyptians
- 5. the religious or philosophical belief that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body
- 7. a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region
- 10. Great House
- 12. The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used
- 13. a family or line of rulers, a succession of sovereigns of a country belonging to a single family or tracing their descent to a common ancestor
- 16. the exercise of political power by the clergy or laity of a particular religion
- 18. a major political unit with a large territory or a number of territories or peoples under one ruler with total authority