Unit 9:Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt

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Across
  1. 2. god of the Nile
  2. 5. ancient civilization where women were equal to men
  3. 6. bottom of egyptian society
  4. 9. picture used for writing
  5. 11. where the great pyramids are located
  6. 15. plant used to make paper in ancient Egypt
  7. 16. first pharaoh; united upper and lower Egypt
  8. 17. preservation of body before burial
  9. 18. Mesopotamia and Egypt had _____ societies
  10. 21. lion's body with a human's head
  11. 22. a "king" of ancient Egypt
  12. 23. pyramids were built as _____ for pharaohs
  13. 24. "stairway of the gods" where priests lived
  14. 25. special jars that store organs
  15. 28. goddess of equilibrium of the universe
  16. 29. invention that marks the end of prehistory
  17. 30. famous egyptian architecture
Down
  1. 1. landform that isolated Egypt from enemies
  2. 3. belief in multiple gods
  3. 4. civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates
  4. 7. the main gate of Babylon
  5. 8. the kings family and nobility
  6. 10. oldest set of laws in the world
  7. 12. capital city of ancient Egypt's old kingdom
  8. 13. a style of writing created by pressing reeds into wet clay
  9. 14. low lying plain at the mouth of a river
  10. 19. 3-scripted stone honouring the pharaoh
  11. 20. government based on religious authority
  12. 26. last great assyrian king
  13. 27. forward foot in egyptian art