Ancient History

3. Credited as the first Greek historian (c. 484 – c. 425 BCE)
4. Era from c. 700 BCE – 600 CE that saw the growth of empires across Eurasia
6. Dynasty that ruled China after it was unified in 221 BCE
8. The study of the period of the past with an absence of written history
9. An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single authority
11. The study of the past, of human affairs usually through written documents
14. Empire whose conquests from the Atlantic to Syria formed a single vast trading area
15. Complex civilisation that arose by 3000 BCE
16. The period beginning with the development of writing and recorded human history
17. Its development provides the starting point for the study of 'History'

1. An influential religion born during the Classical World
2. Practice of farming that replaced hunting and gathering in the Neolithic Age
5. The study of historical artefacts (objects) used to understand the ancient world
7. Early city in the Middle East that imported stone for tools from Anatolia
10. Location where the Sumerians developed a civilisation between the River Tigris and the River Euphrates
12. Name of the famous trade route that developed from about 600 BC between Asia and the Mediterranean
13. People credited with developing the first writing around the year 3000 BCE