Across
- 5. a seafaring people of Southwest Asia, who around 1100 B.C. began to trade and established colonies throughout the Mediterranean region.
- 6. a form of a culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology.
- 7. a fertile deposit of windblown soil.
- 8. series of rulers from a single family.
- 9. the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—the most sacred writings in the Jewish tradition.
- 10. marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river.
- 12. a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
Down
- 1. the taming of animals for human use.
- 2. ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs.
- 3. the Southwest Asian peninsula now occupied by the Asian part of Turkey— also called Asia Minor.
- 4. a human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry.
- 11. n Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priests.