Across
- 2. A wide swath of land from Mesopotamia to Egypt This place has pyramids and lots of sand
- 6. A story that dates back to the 7th millennium
- 7. Amazing ironworkers
- 8. Men hold primary power
- 14. These people had the first major collection of laws
- 15. A king that is thought to be a god
- 16. large multi-story pyramids constructed by bricks
- 18. The oldest form of writing
- 20. Earliest form of Chinese writing
- 21. An ornament or small piece of jewelery
- 22. a collection of short literary or philosophical extracts
- 23. These people invented the oldest form of writing
Down
- 1. A complex society that is characterized by development, government, and communication
- 3. The area around the Tigris and Euphrates
- 4. people that developed on the island of Crete
- 5. These people migrated from the steppe of Russia
- 7. These people invaded Egypt in 1700 BC
- 9. "An eye for an eye"
- 10. A tablet with a long script in three languages
- 11. These people were fierce and cruel warriors
- 12. philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius
- 13. Area with water too swift and rocky to pass
- 15. Egyptians developed this to write on
- 17. The precursor to both modern Hebrew and Arabic languages
- 19. A large town that governed the countryside around it