Ancient Egypt

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Across
  1. 3. this was the Nile's greatest gift (90)
  2. 4. pharaohs used their wealth and power to build these massive tombs during the old kingdom (98)
  3. 7. rock formations that create churning rapids (90)
  4. 9. Nubian Kingdom (112)
  5. 10. a new era of peace and prosperity(104)
  6. 12. fields were like this from July to October (92)
  7. 13. this part of Egypt was also the Nile Delta region (92)
  8. 16. histories earliest well-known female ruler that made trade flourish in Egypt (107)
  9. 17. the most important god, the sun god who created the world (100)
  10. 18. chief officials, did much of the day-to-day work (94)
  11. 19. this group of foreigners brough at end to the middle kingdom (104)
Down
  1. 1. spanned nearly 500 years from 1550 BC to 1070 BC (107)
  2. 2. area where a river fans out into several branches (90)
  3. 5. this pharaoh expanded Egypt's empire south in Nubia, west into Libya, and into the easter Mediterranean (108)
  4. 6. this is how farmers got water to their crops (92)
  5. 8. historians believe this king of Upper Egypt conquered Lower Egypt and ruled all of Egypt (94)
  6. 11. meaning different people belong to different social classes and each one has a rank in society (100)
  7. 14. Egypts first great period of unity and prosperity (98)
  8. 15. long narrow stretch of the Nile south of Cairo (92)