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Across 1. age of the pyramids 6. united upper Egypt with lower Egypt 8. rich soil carried by flooding rivers 9. impressed by Egyptian civilization, adopted Egyptian customs and beliefs 10. waterfall 12. powerful pharaohs created a large empire, which reached the Euphrates River 13. most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom, pushed Egyptian rule as far as Syria

Down 2. new pharaohs reunited the land, Hyksos occupied the delta region 3. region in southern Egypt 4. triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers 5. chief minister who supervised the business of government in ancient Egypt 7. ruler of ancient Egypt 9. woman who exercised all the rights of a pharaoh, encouraged trade with eastern Mediterranean lands and along the Red Sea coast of Africa 11. ruling family