Across
- 1. intellectual Renaissance movement that focused on worldly subjects.
- 3. concept of solidarity within a community and lays the foundation of an empire.
- 5. Italian-born artist who painted "School of Athens".
- 6. dynasty that led with an authoritarian government/Legalism.
- 7. common ritual/action done in Mesoamerican empires that offer the body of a volunteer or captured to their respective gods.
- 8. African empire that was supported through its gold trade.
- 10. empire that adopted Zoroastrianism as the unifying religion.
- 12. where the Renaissance first developed.
- 13. Olmecs are believed to be the Mesoamerica's _____ as it influenced many later empires.
- 14. name given to the Incan empire when they conquered Peru and its neighboring lands.
Down
- 2. civilization that flourished in the valley of Mexico, now modern Mexico.
- 4. common currency that was used during the Mayan Empire.
- 5. cultural rebirth of creativity and arts in Europe in the 1300s.
- 9. the idea of Asabiyyah.
- 11. that is a product of Alexander the Great's conquests.