Early Migrations and Age of Empires Crossword Puzzle

3. / First five books of the Hebrew Bible
4. Minos / King of Knossos
7. / “Father”, or the first, of the Jewish people
8. / Good or bad deeds
9. Huangdi / First emperor of China; leader of the Qin Dynasty
11. / Group of Indo-European peoples who occupied Anatolia
16. / People who helped destroy the Assyrian empire
17. Gautama / Founder of Buddhism
21. / Persian king who created a huge empire
22. / Group of Asian peoples who migrated to many different places.
23. / Payment made by a weaker power to a stronger power.
25. / Group of powerful seafaring people
27. / Group of Indo-Europeans
29. / Powerful empire in northern Mesopotamia
32. / Chinese idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is key to social order
33. / Mutual promise between God and the Jewish people
36. / Most powerful traders along the Mediterranean
37. / Ancient home of the Israelites

1. / Large peninsula in modern-day Turkey
2. / Religion that teacher that every living creature has a soul and no living creature can be harmed
5. / Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
6. / Persian king who put satraps in place and built the Royal Road
10. / New Kingdom ruler who encouraged trade
12. / Assyrian king and empire builder
13. / Minoan capital city
14. / Israelite kingdom in Canaan
15. / According to the Torah, the man who led the Israelites out of slavery.
18. / Invaders that ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 BCE
19. / Government in which the ruler has unlimited power
20. / Region of Africa bordering Egypt.
24. Ching / Chinese book that gave advice on practical and everyday problems
26. / Dry grasslands
28. / Philosophy of Laozi that puts people in touch with the forces of nature
30. Road / Road that helped unify the Persian Empire
31. / Governor who ruled locally
33. / China’s most influential scholar
34. Dynasty / Dynasty that unified China
35. / Buddha’s word for release from selfishness and pain