Across
- 1. earliest known written collection of laws, comprising 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of life
- 7. organized society within a specific area
- 8. important river in Egypt
- 13. government ruled by religious authorities
- 15. large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
- 17. the science of building
- 18. arrangement in which people specialize in specific tasks
- 22. long poems that tell the story of a hero
- 24. worship of many gods
- 25. river rapids
- 27. people who performed religious ceremonies
- 31. life after death, a widely held ancient Egyptian belief
- 32. land with different territories and people under a single rule
- 33. southern part of Egypt, located upriver in relation to the Nile’s flow
- 34. way of supplying water to an area of land
- 36. paths followed by traders
- 37. period in Egyptian history that lasted from about 2700 to 2200 BC
- 39. imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans
- 40. ruler of ancient Egypt, literally means “great house”
- 43. long-lasting, paper-like substance made from reeds
- 44. northern part of Egypt, located downriver in relation to the Nile’s flow
- 45. more of something than is needed
Down
- 2. set of letters that can be combined to form written words
- 3. huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that meet at a top point
- 4. period of stability and order in ancient Egypt between about 2050 and 1750 BC
- 5. height of Egypt’s power and glory, between 1550 and 1050 BC
- 6. stone slab discovered in 1799 that was inscribed with hieroglyphics and their Greek meanings
- 9. writer
- 10. political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside
- 11. Sumerian system of writing, which used symbols to represent basic parts of words
- 12. picture symbols that represented objects such as trees or animals
- 14. important Mesopotamian city-state near present-day Baghdad
- 16. kingdom south of Egypt
- 19. tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top
- 20. triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river
- 21. Egyptian writing system, one of the world’s first, which used symbols
- 23. division of society by rank or class
- 26. area of Mesopotamia where the world’s first civilization was developed
- 28. application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
- 29. wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart
- 30. specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth
- 35. people from rich and powerful families
- 38. series of rulers from the same family
- 39. fertile mix of rich soil and small rocks
- 41. human-made waterways
- 42. pyramid-shaped temple tower