Year in Review 2024

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Across
  1. 5. energy demands of AI technology are leading to a resurgence of this type of power
  2. 8. desert in northern China
  3. 11. animal whose shell helped the ancient Chinese tell the future
  4. 12. what the Romans created after they expelled their king
  5. 14. French cathedral that reopened this year
  6. 15. breed of dog that won this year's National Dog Show
  7. 17. largest city in more than one US state
  8. 18. dye of this color, made from a snail, was very valuable in the ancient world
  9. 19. archipelago nation, home to the world's largest Muslim population
  10. 20. chariot-racing stadium in ancient Rome
  11. 21. China's Chang'E mission brought back rocks from the far side of this
  12. 22. symbol that represents a word or concept; earliest Chinese writing were these
  13. 23. new findings showed that the ancient eruption of this Italian volcano caused massive earthquakes too
  14. 26. how patricians kept plebeians happy in ancient Rome
  15. 27. at the Olympics, an Australian athlete caused a stir in this sport
  16. 28. animal that saved Romulus & Remus from the Tiber River
  17. 30. animal that Hannibal used to cross the Alps
  18. 31. archipelago nation, its capital is Tokyo
Down
  1. 1. what a ruler claimed to have in ancient China; the right to rule
  2. 2. full name of TS's latest album
  3. 3. what you do on your phone
  4. 4. public works and structures that we all use, for example, roads & bridges
  5. 6. patricians would not usually live here year-round
  6. 7. China's longest-lasting succession of rulers from one family
  7. 9. the sequel to this movie was the highest-grossing, worldwide
  8. 10. both a US state and eastern European country
  9. 13. this month is named after the first Roman emperor, known for starting the Pax Romana
  10. 16. this Himalayan mountain is in both Nepal and the Tibet region of China
  11. 24. you'd find lots of these at an ancient library
  12. 25. where you would gossip with your friends, if you could, in ancient Rome
  13. 29. it has had 1500 major floods in the last 3000 years