Israel, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Middle East.

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Across
  1. 1. This is a farming community in Israel in which all members share labor, expenses, and income.
  2. 6. Which direction does the Nile River flow?
  3. 7. Jesus was baptized by John the ____________ who was his cousin.
  4. 9. This was the Greek word for messiah.
  5. 13. How long must all women in Israel serve in the military?
  6. 14. We know what the ancient Egyptians looked like and how they lived because they left us ________________ of themselves.
  7. 17. Only about 25% of Israel’s Jews strictly follow Jewish law. They are known by this name.
  8. 18. We unsure about what was left in the pharaoh’s tombs because most items were __________
  9. 19. An Egyptian ruler who was considered to be a god.
  10. 20. This is the official language of Israel
  11. 22. The Church of the Holy ___________ in Jerusalem marks the location of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
  12. 24. Writing style in ancient Mesopotamia by making wedge shaped marks on clay tablets.
  13. 26. She was a powerful female pharaoh
  14. 27. The _____________ Wall in Jerusalem is sacred to Jews
  15. 29. Each year when this river flooded it brought a fresh layer of very fertile soil which was good for farming.
Down
  1. 1. His tomb was not discovered until 1922.
  2. 2. A movement in the early 1900s that encouraged Jews to return to their homeland.
  3. 3. The ______________ Crescent is an area of rich soil arcing between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
  4. 4. This included a city and the area around it that it controlled.
  5. 5. This plant which grew along the Nile was used for many purposes but is especially important for being used to make paper
  6. 8. This was a pyramid shaped tower with a temple on it in Mesopotamia.
  7. 10. The ___________ Stone helps us to understand hieroglyphics.
  8. 11. Writing style in ancient Egypt that utilized small pictures
  9. 12. The sacred book of Islam
  10. 15. These were people who wrote down things on clay tablets.
  11. 16. In AD 70 the 2nd Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by these people
  12. 21. Belief in only one God.
  13. 23. Egyptians believed that when a person died, they should be buried on this side of the Nile River.
  14. 25. This is the Jewish New Year.
  15. 28. The new nation of _______ was established in 1948.