Across
- 2. what you had when you grew more food than you needed
- 5. the world's longest river
- 6. the city-state that defeated the Persians at the naval Battle of Salamis
- 7. a collection of stories about gods and heroes
- 9. God the Father-the Son-the Holy Spirit
- 11. a carved stone slab or pillar
- 13. the effect of a person's action in this life and previous lives
- 15. weekly day of rest
- 17. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
- 19. a network of trade routes the crossed Asia
- 22. period of "Roman Peace"
- 24. a system of writing that uses triangular shaped symbols pressed in clay
- 25. the prophet of Islam
- 26. title for the king of Egypt
- 28. Jesus' teachings which were presented in the form of a story
- 30. first first books of the Hebrew bible
- 31. the right to rule in China that caused a dynasty to act properly
- 33. soldiers on horseback
- 34. channel that moves water over land
- 38. soldiers who fight for pay
- 39. a therapy developed in China that uses needles to cure sickness and stop pain
- 40. a city and its surrounding territory
- 42. Jewish house of worship
- 43. a Hindu prince who obtained enlightenment through meditation
- 44. Islam's holy book
- 45. open area in a Roman city
Down
- 1. The Phoenicians developed a set of letters which each stand for a sound
- 3. the league or alliance formed by Sparta
- 4. the belief in many gods
- 8. a culture that combined both Greek and Roman elements
- 10. Buddhist belief in a state of blissful peace (also the name of a rock band)
- 12. Sumerian temples
- 14. head of the Roman household
- 16. large Roman country homes
- 18. the escape of the Jews from Egypt
- 19. the city-state that defeated the Persians at Thermopylae
- 20. belief that the natural world was filled with spirits
- 21. people who moved from place to place
- 23. person chosen by God as a messanger
- 27. bones, animals bones or turtle shells carved with characters to be used to tell the future
- 28. found in Egypt these a structures with triangular sides
- 29. a Greek battle formation
- 32. anything made or used by humans
- 35. Christians who died for their faith
- 36. the Chinese art of beautiful writing
- 37. a material similar to paper invented by the Egyptians
- 38. another name for The Fertile Crescent or the area between the rivers
- 41. name for the Old Stone Age