Across
- 3. Egyptian writing system using symbols
- 5. one of the rivers near Mesopotamia
- 8. the first writing system, made in Mesopotamia flat land between two rivers
- 9. explained how the world started
- 10. ruled Egypt, chosen by gods
- 12. created set of punishments for crimes
- 14. empire led by Sargon
- 16. the time before writing
- 17. rapidly moving water in the Nile River
Down
- 1. believing in many gods
- 2. most of Egyptian civilization was near here
- 4. ways to control the flow of water
- 6. early ancestor of modern humans
- 7. means "upright man"
- 11. structure that divided social classes
- 13. continent in which Egpyt is located in
- 15. rich soil