Across
- 2. Period, the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
- 6. region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- 7. system of ranking groups
- 9. to arrange or set down in writing
- 10. the way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience
- 13. a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
- 14. ruling family
- 15. believing in one god
Down
- 1. system of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds
- 3. person who moves from place to place in search of food
- 4. believing in many gods
- 5. (1792 B.C.–1750 B.C.) Hammurabi became the first king of the Babylonian empire. He inherited the power from his father, who extended Babylon’s control across Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for writing the first code of law in recorded history.
- 8. Period, the era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million b.c. to about 9000 b.c.; also called the Old Stone Age
- 10. a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
- 11. a complex, highly organized social order
- 12. title of the rulers of ancient Egypt