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Across 8. Symbols for words 9. Ruling family 10. To show that you have a particular skill, quality, or ability 11. A dry grass-covered plain 13. Animal bones carved with written characters that were used to tell the future 15. Soldiers on horseback 16. Consisting of or including many different types of things or people 18. Growing of grain and other crops

Down 1. Military rulers of small states 2. Heaven was a supreme force of nature that gave dynasties the right to rule 3. Total disorder and confusion 4. To explain the meaning of; make understandable 5. A fine yellow dust 6. A river or stream that flows into a larger river 7. Long passage dug into the ground that water or other liquids can flow along 12. Having the skill, power, or intelligence to do something 14. To empty its waters 17. Walls to hold back water