Across
- 5. The procedure of burial for people who could afford it
- 6. System or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
- 8. The way Egyptians got goods that were not within their land
- 11. The belief in many gods
- 13. Only men could be this; one of the top professions on social ladder
- 15. Land west of the Nile River
- 18. Sea A salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, Israel and Palestine to the west
- 19. River River the ancient Egyptians settled along
Down
- 1. Egyptian god-kings
- 2. The god of embalming and the dead
- 3. River Name of the north river bordering Mesopotamia
- 4. Ancient form of writing
- 7. Bricks What the houses of ancient Egyptians were made of
- 8. A large vault, typically underground, for burying the dead
- 9. ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- 10. River Name of the south river bordering Mesopotamia
- 12. States Cities that shared the same cultures, but developed its own government and rulers
- 14. Triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets
- 16. of Hammurabi Ancient form of strict laws that were formed to keep peace
- 17. considered a sacred animal; cooked into pork-chops
