Inventions and Contributions

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Across
  1. 1. This empire in the Indus River Valley developed the concept of the number zero
  2. 2. This trade route connected China and Asia to the rest of the world
  3. 5. This civilization invented paper and the compass
  4. 10. Invaders from the north who introduced the Caste System to India
  5. 13. This river valley civilization invented indoor plumbing
  6. 17. This English King introduced the concept of Common Law, which includes the use of judges and juries
  7. 19. This trade route connected Africa to the rest of the world
  8. 20. Greek doctor who is considered the Father of Medicine
  9. 21. This document from England established that people have rights that can not be taken away by a king, and included ideas like no taxation without representation
Down
  1. 1. These two commodities helped to enrich the empires of Africa
  2. 3. Famous Greek historian who is considered the father of history
  3. 4. Roman Emperor who moved the capital to the east and made the Roman Empire Christian
  4. 6. Figure who reunited Western Europe for the first time since Rome, considered the father of Europe
  5. 7. Greek poet who wrote the epics the Illiad and the Odyssey
  6. 8. Indian Emperor who spread Buddhism to Southeast Asia
  7. 9. Inventor of the movable type printing press, allowed us to reproduce books much faster, first printed the bible
  8. 11. Roman poet who wrote the epic Aeneid
  9. 12. This development allowed humans to stop being nomadic and establish permanent settlements
  10. 14. Considered the father of humanism, a movement that considers the value of the individual
  11. 15. This was one of the worlds first legal codes, found in Mesopotamia
  12. 16. Great leader of the city-state of Athens, who strengthened democracy and built the Parthenon
  13. 18. Byzantine Emperor who built walls around the city of Constantinople and compiled a law code