Across
- 5. used by the Shang dynasty to talk with their ancestors and predict the future
- 10. took over the Shang dynasty
- 11. a term to describe China early in its history
- 13. created a law code to provide justice to Babylon (Mesopotamia)
- 14. united Mesopotamia (Sumer) into the first empire
- 15. a large temple of Mesopotamia
- 16. belief in many gods
- 17. Egypt's most important water source
Down
- 1. Another name for the Yellow River
- 2. writing system of Mesopotamia
- 3. used to defend against the Mongolians
- 4. "land between the rivers"
- 6. The kingdom of Egypt's "Golden Age"
- 7. triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of rivers
- 8. kingdom when Pharaohs were building pyramids
- 9. a term describing the rise and fall of dynasties in China
- 12. first dynasty of China
