Across
- 2. Egyptian writing system in which symbols stood for sounds as well as ideas
- 5. the development of skills in a specific kind of work
- 6. the belief in more than one god
- 9. A series of rulers from a single family
- 11. An arc of land in Southwest Asia that provided rich farming land in ancient times
- 13. group of peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler
- 14. The Babylonian ruler who put together a single, uniform code of laws
- 15. professional record keepers
Down
- 1. This area means“land between the rivers” in Greek
- 3. Animal remnants and tortoise shells used to submit questions to the gods
- 4. process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another
- 6. paperlike writing surface that the Egyptians made from reeds
- 7. The Chinese view that royal authority came from divinity.
- 8. a pyramid-shaped, tiered monument found in Ur
- 10. Also known as the Indus Valley Civilization
- 12. type of government in which rule is based on religious authority