Across
- 3. The wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible.
- 5. (In Mesopotamia) A rectangular stepped tower sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel
- 6. The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
- 7. A person in a group of people who have no permanent abode, and travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
- 10. A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. These were used as the earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC.
- 12. A roughly crescent-shaped area of relatively fertile land located in the Middle East.
- 14. The primate species to which modern humans belong; humans regarded as a species.
- 15. To tame an animal and keep it as a pet or for farm produce, or to cultivate a plant for food.
- 16. A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
- 17. A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
- 18. An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
- 19. A prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site located on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Down
- 1. A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food.
- 2. The period of time before written records.
- 4. A logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions which form its signs.
- 7. The later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.
- 8. To arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code or to arrange according to a plan or system.
- 9. The early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used.
- 11. The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
- 13. The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.