Ancient Civs

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Across
  1. 5. Process of preserving bodies used in ancient Egypt
  2. 7. Used in China to explain leadership through god
  3. 10. a loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur, e.g., in eastern China and the American Midwest
  4. 13. The land between the rivers
  5. 17. a ruler in ancient Egypt
  6. 21. The spread of ideas and other cultures to new areas
  7. 22. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa
  8. 23. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor
Down
  1. 1. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon
  2. 2. a pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in China
  3. 3. Social Class system that divided society into three different categories: emperors, nobles, and commoners, with commoners making up the vast majority of the population
  4. 4. a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt
  5. 6. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
  6. 8. a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field
  7. 9. the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language
  8. 11. a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle
  9. 12. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
  10. 14. a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.
  11. 15. a religious temple built in Mesopotamia
  12. 16. Religion with multiple gods
  13. 18. bones from animals used to write scripture on
  14. 19. wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water
  15. 20. _________ Crescent: a crescent-shaped area of fertile land in the Middle East extending from the eastern Mediterranean coast through the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the Persian Gulf