Ancient Civilizations Crossword Puzzle

About the Ancient Civilizations Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers civilizations across the ancient world, from Sumer and Persia to the Maya and Olmec. Find ancient peoples and empires alongside landmarks, scripts, and inventions such as Babylon, Cuneiform, and the Ziggurat. It is suited to students exploring world history, and to anyone curious about how early societies lived, built cities, and shared ideas.

This crossword draws on 45 clues about Ancient Civilizations. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Mesopotamian empire founded by Sargon (5 letters)
• •Iron Age people of western Europe (4 letters)
• •Ancient region conquered by Trajan (5 letters)
• •Archaeological city in present-day Pakistan (7 letters)
• •African kingdom south of ancient Egypt (4 letters)
• •Assyrian capital on the Tigris (7 letters)
• •Iranian empire that rivaled Rome (7 letters)
• •Nomadic horse people of the Eurasian steppe (8 letters)

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