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Ancient Trade Tongues and Scripts is a medium crossword puzzle with 17 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
Ancient Trade Tongues and Scripts
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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- 1. Symbols used by traders for accounting goods and transactions
- 2. Inscription on a monument or metal, often trade-related
- 6. Language widely used in Near Eastern commerce and diplomacy
- 9. Method of inscribing trades or laws on stone or wood surfaces
- 12. Ancient Arab traders who developed a script for desert commerce
- 13. Latin for 'homeland,' often noted in ancient merchant inscriptions
- 14. Sumerian word for 'god' or 'lord,' key in early trade records
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- 3. Ancient structure linked to Egyptian trade and written records
- 4. Hittite term for a royal decree, crucial in trade agreements
- 5. Writing system where symbols represent words or morphemes
- 7. Person engaging in buying and selling across ancient trade routes
- 8. Relating to the ancient seafaring traders who spread alphabetic script
- 10. Pre-Columbian traders whose script is still partially undeciphered
- 11. Ancient collection of signs used in scripts like proto-cuneiform
- 15. Rules governing arrangement of words in ancient trade documents
- 16. Latin term meaning 'language' or 'tongue,' essential for communication
- 17. Part of the throat involved in producing distinct speech sounds
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