1. RAMESE S III River Valley Civilizations The “Cradles of Civilization”

5. Helped protect many early civilizations from nomadic invaders

6. E MI C

7. (3500 BC to 500 BC)

10. Arc of fertile land stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea Mesopotamia

23. Pictures could stand for sounds as well as ideas

24. Egyptian god- kings

27. Indus Valley Civilization

32. The great bath at Mohenjo-Daro

36. Also called the Yellow River and the River of Sorrows (yellow silt caused flooding)

37. before after

44. Characters stood for ideas, not sounds.

45. Bronze vessel used for sacrificial food