First Quarter Crossword

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  1. 1. This invention of the Phoenician used letters to represent sounds
  2. 4. This term means a writing system that uses pictures to represent words, like in China
  3. 6. This leader made the first written law code in Mesopotamia
  4. 7. First work of literature, Epic of ________
  5. 8. The name for kings in Ancient Egypt, seen as Gods
  6. 10. This term means animals that have been tamed for use by humans
  7. 14. This city is important and still fought over by the 3 main Abrahamic Religions
  8. 16. Persian Emperor known for being tolerant of different religions
  9. 17. The Persian Empire is also known as Ancient________
  10. 19. First monotheistic religion, practiced by the Hebrews
  11. 23. This term means New Stone Age
  12. 24. Scientific name for humans, means "Man who Thinks"
  13. 26. Government run by religion or religious figures/Gods
  14. 28. Founder of Judaism, the First Hebrew
  15. 29. Egyptian paper made from the reeds along the Nile River
  16. 32. This is the holiest river in the Hindu religion
  17. 33. First written language, developed in Mesopotamia
  18. 37. This was constructed by the Persian Emperor Darius to connect his vast empire
  19. 38. The time before the creation of written language
  20. 39. The term for a governor appointed to rule over a small portion of the Persian Empire
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  1. 2. Continent where human beings first evolved
  2. 3. Pyramid like temples built in Mesopotamia
  3. 5. This is how cities in the Indus River Valley planned their cities
  4. 9. A person or persons that are always on the move, never staying in one place
  5. 11. This term refers to Cities that act like their own countries, like in Mesopotamia or Greece
  6. 12. This term means Old Stone Age
  7. 13. This was the religion of the Persian Empire, believed in two opposing forces of good and evil
  8. 15. This River Valley civilization's name means between the rivers
  9. 18. Term that means one family who rules for a long period of time
  10. 20. This is something found by archeologists that was made by Humans
  11. 21. Name for very fertile soil, deposited in the ground by flooding rivers
  12. 22. This term means the belief in more than one God
  13. 25. This is the term for remains of living things
  14. 27. This mountain range both protected China and kept them isolated
  15. 28. Fancy word for farming
  16. 30. This Phoenician trading colony would grow into a powerful civilization that challenged Rome
  17. 31. This term means the belief in one God
  18. 34. Modern-day country that is seen as the Hebrew homeland
  19. 35. Individual who led the Hebrews out of exile in Egypt, received the 10 Commandments from God
  20. 36. Egyptian tomb for Kings
  21. 40. The holy book in Judaism, also the first 5 books of the Bible