Across
- 6. A word that describes the nutrient rich soil
- 8. Egyptian written language
- 9. The name of the major river in Egypt
- 10. The first known written language
- 12. Material used to make bricks and pottery
- 13. the other river surrounding Mesopotamia
- 14. the belief in many god
- 16. the holy book of Islam
- 17. Egyptians became expert ____ builders
- 18. one of the rivers surrounding Mesopotamia
- 21. This ruler created the first set of laws
- 22. River reed that Egyptians used to make paper
- 23. What the Sumerians wrote on
Down
- 1. Sumerians built these to worship gods
- 2. the holy book of Judaism
- 3. the holy book of Christianity
- 4. the birthplace of the 3 world religions
- 5. the belief in one god
- 7. Means farming
- 11. Place called "land between rivers"
- 15. the area near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers with rich soil
- 19. The first known civilization
- 20. Egyptians grew this and used it to pay taxes