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- 3. valley formed by flowing water.
- 6. earliest period of the Stone Age
- 7. longest river in Africa
- 9. a city devoted to materialism
- 10. being a patriarch
- 13. ancient people who established an empire in Asia Minor and Syria that flourished from c. 1700 to c. 1200 BC
- 14. earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia
- 15. fertile land stretching from the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean
- 18. people who have no fixed residence
- 22. adaptation of a plant or animal from a wild or natural state
- 25. native or inhabitant of the ancient northern kingdom of Israel
- 26. to embalm and dry as or as if a mummy
- 27. imperial sovereignty, rule, or dominion
- 29. culture characteristic of a particular time or place
- 31. government of a state by immediate divine guidance
- 32. ancient Mesopotamian temple tower
- 33. king of Egypt
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- 1. composed of or written in wedge-shaped characters
- 2. latest period of the Stone Age
- 4. a civil officer in ancient Egypt
- 5. powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time
- 6. worship of more than one god
- 8. a ruler of ancient Egypt
- 11. nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food.
- 12. capital of the State of Israel and is considered a holy city in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
- 14. division of a society based on social and economic status
- 16. nonelected government officials
- 17. king of Babylon (1792–50)
- 19. officials comprising the governing body
- 20. a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing
- 21. consisting of a city and surrounding territory
- 23. written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
- 24. belief that there is only one God
- 28. devoted to or based on livestock raising
- 30. a glacial episode during a past geological period