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Across 8. military leader who liberated Egypt in 332 BC 9. Empire that invaded Egypt in 525 BC 10. specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth 11. Egyptians believed their spirits lived on after death 13. coffin that contained a mummy 14. pharaoh best known for his large pyramid at Giza 18. The world's longest river; flows north through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea 21. Low-lying area next to a river 23. period when art, architecture, and literature flourished 24. King who united Egypt and created the first dynasty 25. Egyptian kings who were viewed as gods 26. pharaoh who expanded Egypt by conquest

Down 1. Cause of the Nile's flooding 2. Allows Egypt's farmers to grow crops year-round 3. Gods; Egypt was a polytheistic cutlure 4. a series of rulers from the same family 5. ruler who improved Egypt's economy through trade 6. kingdom period during which Egypt reached its height of its power and glory 7. Egypt eventually became part of this empire 12. Large passageway in Khufu's pyramid 15. pictures that represent sounds; Egypt's formal form of writing 16. king who restored Egypt in the 1900's B.C. which started the Middle Kingdom 17. kingdom when Egypt expanded southward along the Nile 19. gant, four-sided burial monuments built by pharaohs 20. decrease in _______________ Caused Old Kingdom to decline 22. a long-lasting, paperlike material made from reeds