Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Forgotten Trade Tongues of Antiquity
Explore the enigmatic languages once spoken by ancient traders and merchants, whose words shaped history but have since faded into obscurity.
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Across
- 1. Famous trade route connecting East and West, fostering language exchange
- 2. Maritime traders known for their alphabet and commerce
- 5. Skillful and persuasive speaking, vital for merchant negotiations
- 6. Written documents, essential for recording trade agreements
- 8. Common Greek dialect used across Hellenistic trade regions
- 10. Knowing two languages to facilitate commerce
- 11. Cultural symbols often linked to trading tribes
- 15. Ancient Semitic language widely used in trade across the Near East
- 16. Describing traders who moved from place to place
Down
- 3. A common trade language used to bridge different cultures
- 4. Related to trade or merchants
- 7. Ancient wedge-shaped script used in trade records
- 9. Arabic script and language used by desert traders
- 12. Term used in ancient Mesopotamia for wandering merchants
- 13. Biblical city symbolizing the confusion of languages
- 14. Group of traders traveling together through deserts
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