Across
- 3. bones were the earliest written records during this time period
- 6. wall to hold back water Oracle
- 7. - a symbol that represents a word or a group of words
- 8. - a ruling family that holds power for many years
- 9. animal bone or shell carved with written characters that was used to predict the future in Ancient China
- 11. - First major rulers of the farming villages along the Huang River
Down
- 1. - a picture that represents a word or idea
- 2. were written on the bones, then heated till they cracked. King or high priest would interpret the cracks
- 4. a dustlike material that can form soil
- 5. the farmers to clear and prepare land for farming, led to larger harvests which supported more soldiers
- 10. 1300 BCE had a fully developed writing system