History Test #4

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Across
  1. 2. capital Tehran
  2. 4. the first European to reach India by sea sailing around Africa.
  3. 6. Sumerian writing
  4. 8. when history began
  5. 10. the cotton material first made in India
  6. 13. a seasonal wind that brings rain
  7. 16. the first people to make coins
  8. 18. the tool Sumerians used to stamp their documents
  9. 19. the country that became a nation in 1948, capital Jerusalem
  10. 24. among the first people to build an empire
  11. 29. the world's largest peninsula
  12. 32. a famous citizen of Ur mentioned in the Bible
  13. 36. the country once called East Pakistan
  14. 37. the main religion of India
  15. 38. the belief that man began as an animal
  16. 39. a group of people who invaded India from the north and developed the caste system
  17. 40. what our system of dating is centered on
  18. 42. people who study ancient cultures
  19. 43. people who do not belong to any caste
  20. 44. the most important natural resource in the Middle East today
  21. 45. the person who first took cotton goods from India to Europe
  22. 47. the prophet sent to preach at Nineveh
  23. 48. the country once called Persia, the capital is Baghdad
  24. 49. an important leader in the struggle for India's independence
  25. 50. capital Amman
  26. 51. capital Ankara
Down
  1. 1. built by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon, and was considered a wonder of the ancient world
  2. 3. their most valuable contribution was the alphabet
  3. 5. a group without any great accomplishments
  4. 7. founder of Islam
  5. 9. man's attempt to put himself in place of or above God
  6. 11. home of India's ancient civilization
  7. 12. the holy book of Islam
  8. 14. the Buddhists state of being free from suffering
  9. 15. an important math principle developed in India
  10. 17. allowed the Jews to rebuild their temple
  11. 20. capital Damascus
  12. 21. capital Riyadh
  13. 22. Bombay, India's largest city
  14. 23. a temple
  15. 25. one of India's major rivers
  16. 26. means "Enlightened One"
  17. 27. a tomb built by an Indian ruler for his favorite wife
  18. 28. which civilization had these inventions/discoveries wheel, writing, arch
  19. 30. capital New Delhi
  20. 31. India's first prime minister
  21. 33. the belief that the soul is reborn into some other man or animal
  22. 34. country known for its cedars in ancient times, the capital is Beirut
  23. 35. a line of rulers all in the same family
  24. 41. the father of "Modern Missions"
  25. 46. most commonly used language in the Middle East