Early Migrations and Age of Empires

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Across
  1. 3. Persian king who put satraps in place and built the Royal Road
  2. 5. Large peninsula in modern-day Turkey
  3. 6. Minos, King of Knossos
  4. 9. of Africa bordering Egypt.
  5. 10. Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
  6. 15. Most powerful traders along the Mediterranean
  7. 17. Good or bad deeds
  8. 20. Religion that teacher that every living creature has a soul and no living creature can be harmed
  9. 21. Payment made by a weaker power to a stronger power.
  10. 22. Philosophy of Laozi that puts people in touch with the forces of nature
  11. 24. Group of Indo-Europeans
  12. 25. Israelite kingdom in Canaan
  13. 28. Group of Asian peoples who migrated to many different places.
  14. 29. China’s most influential scholar
  15. 31. People who helped destroy the Assyrian empire
  16. 32. According to the Torah, the man who led the Israelites out of slavery
  17. 35. Chinese idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is key to social order
  18. 36. Dry grasslands
Down
  1. 1. “Father”, or the first, of the Jewish people
  2. 2. Ancient home of the Israelites
  3. 4. Road, Road that helped unify the Persian Empire
  4. 7. Buddha’s word for release from selfishness and pain
  5. 8. Group of powerful seafaring people
  6. 11. Invaders that ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 BCE
  7. 12. Huangdi, First emperor of China; leader of the Qin Dynasty
  8. 13. empire in northern Mesopotamia
  9. 14. First five books of the Hebrew Bible
  10. 16. New Kingdom ruler who encouraged trade
  11. 18. Government in which the ruler has unlimited power
  12. 19. Gautama, Founder of Buddhism
  13. 23. Mutual promise between God and the Jewish people
  14. 26. Group of Indo-European peoples who occupied Anatolia
  15. 27. Dynasty, Dynasty that unified China
  16. 29. Persian king who created a huge empire
  17. 30. Governor who ruled locally
  18. 33. Assyrian king and empire builder
  19. 34. Minoan capital city