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Cryptic Tongues of Ancient Commerce
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Across
- 1. Lost language of the Indus Valley’s mercantile civilization
- 2. Phoenician offshoot pivotal in Mediterranean commerce, now silent
- 3. Inscribed bark tablets hinting at forgotten barter dialects
- 4. Sudanese royal script shrouded in undeciphered trade secrets
- 6. Bronze Age script from Crete, elusive in its mercantile usage
- 8. Writing system blending syllabic and alphabetic elements in trade
Down
- 5. Ancient Turkic script used along Silk Road merchants' trails
- 7. Rare dialect linked to Middle Eastern river trading centers
- 9. Ancient inscription form that encodes traders’ cryptic deals
- 10. Indus script alternative known from sealed stone inscriptions
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