World History Crossword

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