Across
- 3. religion that began in India and spread to the east by the Silk Road
- 6. a teaching of Siddhartha Guatama
- 7. Indian writing
- 10. process of preserving the body of the dead in Egypt
- 12. a low ____ of silk and high demand meant merchants risked their lives on the Silk Road to trade silk since they could make a large sum of money
- 13. allowed the deciphering of hieroglyphics
- 14. a Hindu belief that determines the form the soul will take in the next life
- 15. this Chinese Dynasty created the sundial and the iron plow
- 18. means between the rivers
- 20. this river and the Tigris are the two rivers in Mesopotamia
- 23. Indian civilization in the Indus Valley
- 24. A person who recorded information (ex. amount of crops harvested) in Egypt
- 28. top of the caste system
- 29. River in India
- 30. Mesopotamian group that developed and mastered iron-working
- 31. This river is in Egypt
Down
- 1. Wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons in India
- 2. this civilization spread an alphabet based on sounds rather than pictures throught the Mediterranean
- 4. this code was a set of laws in Mesopotamia
- 5. Top of the social class in Egypt
- 8. Mesopotamian writing
- 9. waterfalls in Egypt on the Nile
- 11. believes in many gods
- 12. Trade route from China to Rome
- 16. this river flooded predictably
- 17. ____ noble truths are a teaching of Buddhism
- 19. in China during the Han dynasty, this 2nd tier class of citizens was valued because they produced
- 21. Egyptians believed in this so they mummified their bodies and built pyramids
- 22. Chinese dynasty that was the first to unify all of China
- 25. Most influential philosphy in Chinese government
- 26. allowed for management of river flooding and farming in a desert
- 27. This river is known as China’s Sorrow