Across
- 2. Man who succeeded Saul as king of Israel
- 6. People who developed cuneiform writing
- 7. People who developed ethical monotheism
- 8. Seafaring people who were great colonizers and traders
- 11. City-state named for a god
- 13. People who developed hieroglyphics
- 15. Ruler who united Egypt around 3100 B.C.
Down
- 1. Strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean; site of the Dead Sea
- 3. Capital of Assyria
- 4. First people to make extensive use of iron for weapons
- 5. Group of people whose king had total power and whose government was harsh
- 8. People who created an all-powerful, but just government
- 9. Western river of a pair of rivers flowing from Armenia to the Persian Gulf
- 10. People ruled by Nebuchadnezzar
- 12. Place where Hammurabi came to power
- 14. Eastern river of a pair of rivers flowing from Armenia to the Persian Gulf
- 16. River that floods annually, leaving a fresh layer of soil