Module 4, First Empires of Africa/Asia

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Across
  1. 2. Chinese philosopher who believed relationships were key to governing
  2. 5. The concept of yin and ______, that light and dark represented natural life.
  3. 6. Persian king who created the Persian Empire, called "the Great"
  4. 9. King of Assyria who collected clay tablets for the library at Nineveh.
  5. 12. Kushite king that conquered Egypt
  6. 14. First empire in northern Mesopotamia with a highly advanced military
  7. 15. Persian prophet who said earth is a battleground for good and evil.
  8. 16. Nubian kingdom that came to rule Egypt
Down
  1. 1. A government that has unlimited power.
  2. 3. Shi ________, Chinese Qin Emperor who ended the warring states period.
  3. 4. female pharaoh of New Kingdom of Egypt
  4. 7. Persian king whose only failure was his inability to conquer Greece
  5. 8. Founded by the Chinese philosopher Laozi
  6. 10. A famous road that ran from 1,677 miles in the Persian Empire
  7. 11. region of Africa south of Egypt
  8. 13. Egyptian pharaoh that fought the Hittites