Sophomore Puzzle: 8000 BCE to 1450

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Across
  1. 2. Indian belief that a person's actions in their present lives will determine their place in the next life
  2. 4. Most famous woman empress of China
  3. 5. Muslims who did not want heredity succession
  4. 7. He explored the Indian Ocean for China from 1405-1433
  5. 12. Pieces of lands given to vassals by lords
  6. 15. Emperor of Mali
  7. 17. First document in England that limited the power of the government
  8. 18. A set of laws that governed Ancient Babylonia.
  9. 20. Revolution The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolutions
  10. 21. Chinese sailing craft
  11. 23. King who conquered Babylonians
  12. 24. A form of hierarchy, a type of social stratification in Southeast Asian cultures.
  13. 26. The oldest monotheistic religions, founded by the prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran, over 3500 years ago.
  14. 27. Where were the Rus who settled in modern day Russia and Ukraine original from
  15. 29. A government ruled by religion.
  16. 30. System of writing created by Egyptians that uses pictorial symbols to represent sounds, syllables, or concepts
  17. 34. Japanese religion related to Buddhism and focusing on ancestors and nature
  18. 39. One of the first civilizations to settle down in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley.
  19. 40. The Mongol dynasty of China
  20. 41. The Holy Roman Emperor who drowned on the way to a crusade was called Frederick ________
  21. 42. Ancient trade routes through continental China
  22. 44. Tenochtitlan was the capital for this empire
  23. 45. Pilgrimage to Mecca
Down
  1. 1. Another name for the Black Death
  2. 2. Yuan dynasty founded under him
  3. 3. Small independent state with an urban center and surrounding agricultural territory (Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Greece)
  4. 4. Duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England
  5. 6. Who united most of Western Europe in the early 9th century
  6. 8. Who created the largest land based empire
  7. 9. Code of moral principles required by samurai to follow
  8. 10. Founded Ottoman Empire
  9. 11. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
  10. 13. System of writing created by Sumerians in Mesopotamia; Uses wedge-shaped symbols for words and syllables
  11. 14. The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. (Predates the Neolithic Period)
  12. 15. The belief of there being only one god.
  13. 16. The practice of people caring for and raising herds of livestock, to later use for food and supplies
  14. 18. War between French and English over English ownership of French lands
  15. 19. Wealthiest city in history
  16. 22. A large group of people that rule the government, but usually aren't elected officials.
  17. 25. of arc Who was burnt at the stake for being a witch in the 100 years war
  18. 28. This South American empire was founded in Peru in the 13th century
  19. 31. Event of 1054 which split Christianity into east and west or Orthodoxy and Catholicism
  20. 32. Greek term for a city-state
  21. 33. Historical period characterized by by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances
  22. 35. Also known as the Indo-Europeans, these people invaded the Khyber Pass region of Northern India around 1500 B.C.E.
  23. 36. Founded by Tuareg. Major terminus of the Trans- Saharan trade and center of Islamic learning
  24. 37. A massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks. It's associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities (Function unknown)
  25. 38. Venetian who traveled to China and wrote his experience in Book of the Marvels of the World
  26. 43. The earliest Hindu religious text