First Age of Empires

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Across
  1. 1. system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government
  2. 6. expanded the Persian Empire by conquering Egypt
  3. 7. had begun his reign by halting the internal battles that had sapped China’s strength
  4. 8. period of ancient Egyptian history that followed the overthrow of the Hyksos rulers
  5. 12. Southwest Asian kingdom that controlled a large empire
  6. 15. Chaldean king who restored the city of Babylon
  7. 17. conquered several neighboring kingdoms who was a military genius
  8. 19. governor who ruled locally
  9. 20. meant devoting oneself to one’s parents during their lifetimes
  10. 22. two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life
  11. 24. taught that the earth is a battleground where a great struggle is fought between the spirit of good and the spirit of evil
  12. 25. the search for knowledge and understanding of nature
  13. 27. led a scholarly life, studying and teaching history, music, and moral character.
  14. 28. Hatshepsut’s stepson, warlike ruler
  15. 30. he had destroyed 89 cities and 820 villages, burned Babylon, and ordered most of its inhabitants killed
Down
  1. 2. Hittite king later made a treaty that promised “peace and brotherhood between us forever.”
  2. 3. who declared herself pharaoh around 1472 B.C.
  3. 4. is a government in which the ruler has unlimited power
  4. 5. Southwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian Empire
  5. 9. region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile River
  6. 10. a a nomadic group whose southwest asia who ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570
  7. 11. along the Tigris River this great walled city, about three miles long and a mile wide, was the largest city of its day
  8. 12. collected more than 20,000 clay tablets
  9. 13. readers used the book by throwing a set of coins, interpreting the results, and then reading the appropriate oracle, or prediction
  10. 14. Southwest asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian Empire
  11. 16. a noble of the ruling dynasty
  12. 18. ran from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia, a distance of 1,677 miles
  13. 21. overthrew the Libyan dynasty that had ruled Egypt
  14. 23. a ruler should provide rich rewards for people who carried out their duties well
  15. 26. ancient Nubian kingdom
  16. 29. center of the Kush dynasty known for its manufacture of iron weapons and tools