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Forgotten Scripts of Ancient Merchants
Explore the vanished languages once spoken by ancient traders through this crossword puzzle focused on lost scripts, trade routes, and linguistic mysteries.
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Across
  • 1. Writing system using symbols for syllables
  • 2. Ancient Mesopotamian wedge-shaped writing system
  • 3. Ancient Southeast Asian script linked to traders
  • 4. Study of inscriptions or epigraphs
  • 10. Lingua franca of Near Eastern trade during antiquity
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  • 5. Marks used to clarify meaning in writing
  • 6. One who guides ships along trade routes
  • 7. To interpret or make sense of writing
  • 8. Nomadic culture whose language is poorly understood
  • 9. Related to sea trade and navigation
  • 11. Material used for writing in ancient trade documents (French for paper)

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