Across
- 6. an absolute monarch of ancient Egypt
- 9. picture writing used by the ancient Egyptians
- 10. massive pyramid-like structure built in ancient Mesopotamia
- 12. the oldest Chinese dynasty
- 14. a stone that bears the inscription of Egyptian hieroglyphics
- 16. the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority.
- 17. pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
- 19. belief in many gods
- 21. a system of government in which clerics rule in the name of God/gods
Down
- 1. the process of preserving a body for the after life.
- 2. water rushing (rapids) along the Nile River.
- 3. a large area of land that is part of a continent.
- 4. name for the civilization that arose along the Indus River
- 5. a material used in ancient times as a writing surface.
- 7. the two lands of ancient Egypt
- 8. longest reigning dynasty of China
- 11. belief in one god
- 13. one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes
- 15. an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia.
- 18. the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia
- 20. the first pharaoh