The Phoenicians and the Persians

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Across
  1. 3. These people were the first to mint coins.
  2. 5. The most famous Phoenician colony was called _________.
  3. 7. This modern-day country used to be Persia.
  4. 10. This modern-day country used to be Phoenicia.
  5. 11. These people were expert seafarers and traders and invented the alphabet
  6. 14. Persian provinces were called ________.
  7. 15. This Persian ruler was defeated by Alexander the Great.
  8. 16. These people built the largest and best empire in the world at the time
Down
  1. 1. This Persian ruler was Darius I's son; he was not very good.
  2. 2. The Phoenicians invented the ____________.
  3. 4. This man founded the Persian Empire by conquering lands without making enemies.
  4. 6. Cyrus the Great defeated this Mesopotamian empire.
  5. 8. Darius I built this communication network.
  6. 9. The Phoenicians built settlements called _______ across the Mediterranean.
  7. 12. What do we call a city that rules the land around it?
  8. 13. This was the greatest Persian ruler; he divided the empire into provinces and created laws.