World History Review

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  1. 3. the term that refers to several peoples and nations that unite under one ruler
  2. 4. a characteristic of a civilization that means large population center
  3. 5. the ruler that created a set of aggressive laws in Babylon to unite his people
  4. 9. Egyptian god-like king
  5. 10. a complex way of life that comes about as people begin to develop networks of urban settlements
  6. 12. the process of embalming a body to preserve it, which included wrapping it in linens and placing it in a sarcophagus
  7. 16. the place in which Egyptians would bury their dead
  8. 17. the river that ran through Egypt and provided water to the civilization
  9. 19. a river near the Fertile Crescent that provided water for farming
  10. 20. the act of spreading one's culture onto another culture
  11. 21. type of paper that Egyptians used to write on
  12. 22. title of the person who leads an empire
Down
  1. 1. the type of system that helped transport water to different places in Sumer
  2. 2. square-like temples that honored Sumer's gods
  3. 4. early form of writing that used a wedge on a piece of clay
  4. 6. largest and most successful empire in the Mesopotamia
  5. 7. the belief in many gods
  6. 8. an invention that helped improve the efficiency of farming
  7. 11. type of people that settled in Babylon
  8. 13. the belief in one god
  9. 14. the shape of the land in ancient Mesopotamia that was considered to be most fertile
  10. 15. the highest level of social status in Sumerian society
  11. 18. the term that refers to groups of land and people that were controlled by their own rulers