Across
- 2. A person who copies out documents; a record-keeper.
- 3. A person who gets food by hunting, fishing and foraging.
- 6. The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered the most advanced.
- 9. A worker in a skilled trade who creates things by hand.
- 13. A member of people who have no permanent abode.
- 14. The early Stone age, lasting about 2.5 million years when primitive stone tools were used.
- 17. The transition of human cultures during the Neolithic period from a life of hunter-gatherers to one of agriculture.
- 19. To tame an animal and to keep it as a pet or for produce, to cultivate a plant for food.
- 20. Wedge shaped characters used in ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia and Ugarit.
Down
- 1. The period of time before written records.
- 4. An object made by humans, typically of cultural of historical interest.
- 5. A pictorial symbol for a word of phrase. These were known as the earliest form of writing in Egypt and Mesopotamia before 3000 B.C.
- 7. The customs, arts, social institutions and achievements of a particular nation, people or social group.
- 8. The later part of the stone age when polished stone weapons were used.
- 10. The study of ancient human history through material remains.
- 11. The species of bipedal primates that modern humans belong to.
- 12. The crescent-shaped region in Western Asia formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Mediterranean Sea. This region gave rise to some of the world's earliest civilizations.
- 15. Arrange laws or rules into a systematic code.
- 16. A stone circle made in the late Neolithic period (2500 B.C.) in Salisbury Plain.
- 18. Rectangular stepped tower sometimes surrounded by a temple in ancient Mesopotamia.