World History Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 5. This person was assassinated by the Roman Republic for becoming too powerful?
- 6. The belief in many gods
- 8. The belief that a person’s actions in this life will determine how that person is reborn in the next life:
- 10. The belief that a person’s soul is reborn in a different form after death is known as:
- 11. This Babylonian King was most known for his strict code of laws.
- 13. What building held public mass executions, naval reenactments, and gladiator battles?
- 14. This pharaoh was the first female leader in Egyptian history and portrayed herself as a man in pictures and statues.
- 17. This network of ancient trade routes connecting China with numerous places throughout the Eurasian continent.
- 18. A form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote is known as a:
- 19. The study of past societies based on what people have left behind
- 20. Humans were able to stop and create permanent civilizations because of this invention
- 21. A political and social system in the Middle Ages based on reciprocal relationships.
Down
- 1. A society dominated by men
- 2. Emperor Qin Shi Huang had an army built for the afterlife filled with thousands of statues, each one unique from one another. This was known as:
- 3. This city-state was considered to be the other powerhouse of Greece and rival of Sparta.
- 4. What was the system of writing created by the Sumerians?
- 7. The period before writing was developed
- 9. What Greek city-state had an education system solely based on becoming the ideal soldier?
- 12. The process of drying and preserving the body of a pharaoh in ancient Egypt.
- 15. Objects and belongings that people from past civilizations have left behind
- 16. Ancient Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers- Tigris and _____