Across
- 4. an extensive group of states under a single ruler
- 5. better writing surface
- 7. historians describe the pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties as the
- 9. series of rulers from a single family
- 13. belief in more than one god
- 15. land between two rivers
- 16. silt that is fertile soil and flows in the "yellow river"
- 18. egyptian gods/kings
- 19. embalming and drying a corpse to prevent it from decaying
Down
- 1. was central to Chinese society
- 2. type of government in which rule is based on religious authority
- 3. Uruk, Kish, Lagash, and Umma are examples of
- 5. resting place after death
- 6. seasonal winds that dominated indias climate
- 8. process in which a new idea or product spreads from one culture to another
- 10. political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of land that legally belong to the king
- 11. a picture stands for an idea
- 12. land facing the Mediterranean sea
- 14. belief in one god
- 17. animal bones and tortoise shells on which priests had scratched questions for the gods