Western Asia and Egypt

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Across
  1. 4. river on the west and south sides of Mesopotamia
  2. 13. capital of Israel
  3. 14. Persian road that stretched from Lydia to Susa
  4. 15. Akkadian king who started the first empire in history
  5. 16. member of the Persian royal family
  6. 17. a new idea, method, or device
  7. 18. a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family usually father to son
  8. 19. large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples and territories
  9. 20. king who united the upper and lower kingdoms
Down
  1. 1. Israeli king who ruled from about 970 BC to 930 BC
  2. 2. river that flows north from central Africa, longest in the world
  3. 3. arc of land from Mediterranean Sea to Persian Gulf with rich soil
  4. 5. the land south of the Nile Delta
  5. 6. the moving of goods or people
  6. 7. the Nile Delta
  7. 8. Babylonian king best remembered for his code of law
  8. 9. religion in which there is only one god
  9. 10. a state with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
  10. 11. river on the east and north sides of Mesopotamia
  11. 12. religion of the Israelites