Across
- 3. a green spot in a desert where water is close enough to the surface to support life.
- 6. the Egyptian word for a nome, or territorial division.
- 8. the ruler of a nome.
- 10. a territorial division or province for administration purposes.
- 11. the vast, hot, dry desert that lay on both sides of the fertile Nile valley, protecting Egypt from invaders.
- 12. a long-pole tool with a bucket attached, used to lift water from the Nile River into irrigation basins.
Down
- 1. a tall, wild reed plant that grew along the Nile River, used by Egyptians to make paper, boats, and baskets.
- 2. fine, rich soil deposited along the Nile. Good for farming.
- 4. the narrow strip of rich, dark, fertile land along the bank of the Nile River left behind by annual floods, which the Egyptians used to grow crops.
- 5. a fan-shaped, fertile area where a river fans out and empties into a larger body of water, such as the Mediterranean Sea.
- 7. the annual flooding season of the Nile. Enriched the soil.
- 9. a steep waterfall, rocky rapids, or stretch of rough water in a river.