World History Crossword
Across
- 4. A bridge held up by cables anchored at each end
- 7. A Christian religion that developed out of early Christianity in the Byzantine Empire
- 9. A symbol for a word, idea, or sound in a hieroglyphic system of writing
- 11. A highly complex body of workers with many levels of authority
- 14. The legal concept that an accused person cannot be jailed indefinitely without being charged with a crime
- 16. Belonging or related to an emperor
- 18. A governing body created by King Edward I that included some commoners, Church officials, and nobles
- 20. A person who holds beliefs that are contrary to a set of religious teachings
- 22. A series of battles fought between France and England from 1337 to 1453
- 23. A type of surgery in which a hole is made in the skull.
- 24. A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch’s power.
- 25. A ruling class of noble families
- 26. The name for the eastern Roman Empire, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia; it lasted from about 500 to 1453 C.E.
Down
- 1. The city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.
- 2. a test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government
- 3. Rule by officials of proven merit
- 5. A vertical stone slab or pillar with carvings or inscriptions
- 6. A medieval civilization and empire in West Africa
- 8. A regional variety of a language
- 10. A military leader operating outside the control of the government.
- 12. A drawing that stands for a word, phrase, or name
- 13. the political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people.
- 15. A family line traced through the mother.
- 17. The time it takes Earth to travel once around the sun
- 19. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the bishop of an important city.
- 21. Trade between peoples north and south of the Sahara.