Across
- 2. beliefs on how to behave or conduct oneself based on right and wrong
- 5. one of the oldest recorded civilizations; means "between rivers"
- 11. the Egyptian sun god; born every day with the sunrise and died every night with the sunset
- 13. all of the things that happened before now
- 14. king and judge of the underworld; Egyptian god of vegetation and growth
- 17. a long and distinct period of time that has a particular characteristic
- 18. the two famous rivers of Mesopotamia; their unpredictable flooding sometimes resulted in disaster
- 23. having actual existence or reality; related to facts, not just one's point of view
- 24. (51-30 B.C.) the last of the great pharaohs; romantically involved with Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony
- 25. all knowing
- 27. history (c. A.D. 1500 - present) the period of history from the beginning of the Protestant Reformation until nowFertile Crescent a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
- 30. ancient Egyptian writing system that was both pictographic (pictures represent words) and alphabetic (letters represent sounds)
- 32. the ability to make decisions or take action based on reason
- 36. our memory, record, or story of things that happened before now
- 37. (1353-1336B.C.) established monotheistic worship of Aten during his reign as pharaoh; originally called Amenhotep IV
- 38. an individual being with a mind, emotions, and a will
- 39. (c. 3200 B.C.) king of Upper Egypt that conquered Lower Egypt and united the kingdom of Egypt
Down
- 1. the writing-style of Mesopotamia; crafted by applying a stylus to a clay tablet; the word literally means "wedge-shaped"
- 3. awareness of one's self
- 4. the basic assumptions one believes about life and reality; the way one views the world
- 5. beliefs about right and wrong
- 6. ultimate power or authority
- 7. the belief that humans, animals, plants, and inanimate objects are spiritual being with souls
- 8. Latin for "in the year of our Lord"
- 9. all powerful
- 10. temples made of mud brick and timber in Mesopotamia ; shaped as step-pyramids
- 12. Mesopotamian King of Uruk about whom an epic story was written
- 15. existing in one's mind; related to one's point of view, not facts
- 16. wife and sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus; goddess of nature and magic
- 19. huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing.
- 20. ancient Babylonian law code; one of the oldest law codes in history; associated with the phrase: "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
- 21. Akkadian emperor who conquered Mesopotamia around 2340; known as the world's first conqueror
- 22. the tendency to adopt and adapt the religious ideas and practices of other peoples
- 26. history (c. A.D. 500 - c. A.D. 1500) the period of history from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation
- 28. (1332-1323 B.C.) pharaoh whose tomb was discovered intact in 1922; now known as King Tut
- 29. the act of using one's will to make a conscious choice
- 31. belief in many gods
- 33. history (c. 4000 B.C. - c. A.D. 500) the period of history from the beginning of recorded history to the fall of the Roman Empire
- 34. Egyptian god of light and sky
- 35. title for the great rulers of ancient Egypt