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Ancient Traders' Forgotten Tongues
A crossword exploring extinct and mysterious languages used by historic trade cultures.
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- 1. Language of the desert traders who controlled incense routes.
- 3. Early Arabic script used widely in commerce and manuscripts.
- 4. Medieval dialect used in Mediterranean commerce.
- 5. Language of Carthage and Mediterranean traders.
- 6. Greek term related to record keeping in trading cities.
- 10. Ancient Semitic language once dominant in Near Eastern trade.
- 12. Ancient script used in early Aegean trade routes.
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- 2. Old Iranian language linked to caravan trade.
- 7. Extinct language used on Silk Road trading posts.
- 8. Adjective describing languages used for commercial exchange.
- 9. Describes languages influenced by trade and conquest.
- 11. Dialect derived from Aramaic, used by early merchants.
- 13. Describes languages of wandering merchant cultures.
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