Across
- 3. Persian king who put satraps in place and built the Royal Road
- 5. Large peninsula in modern-day Turkey
- 6. Minos, King of Knossos
- 9. of Africa bordering Egypt.
- 10. Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
- 15. Most powerful traders along the Mediterranean
- 17. Good or bad deeds
- 20. Religion that teacher that every living creature has a soul and no living creature can be harmed
- 21. Payment made by a weaker power to a stronger power.
- 22. Philosophy of Laozi that puts people in touch with the forces of nature
- 24. Group of Indo-Europeans
- 25. Israelite kingdom in Canaan
- 28. Group of Asian peoples who migrated to many different places.
- 29. China’s most influential scholar
- 31. People who helped destroy the Assyrian empire
- 32. According to the Torah, the man who led the Israelites out of slavery
- 35. Chinese idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is key to social order
- 36. Dry grasslands
Down
- 1. “Father”, or the first, of the Jewish people
- 2. Ancient home of the Israelites
- 4. Road, Road that helped unify the Persian Empire
- 7. Buddha’s word for release from selfishness and pain
- 8. Group of powerful seafaring people
- 11. Invaders that ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 BCE
- 12. Huangdi, First emperor of China; leader of the Qin Dynasty
- 13. empire in northern Mesopotamia
- 14. First five books of the Hebrew Bible
- 16. New Kingdom ruler who encouraged trade
- 18. Government in which the ruler has unlimited power
- 19. Gautama, Founder of Buddhism
- 23. Mutual promise between God and the Jewish people
- 26. Group of Indo-European peoples who occupied Anatolia
- 27. Dynasty, Dynasty that unified China
- 29. Persian king who created a huge empire
- 30. Governor who ruled locally
- 33. Assyrian king and empire builder
- 34. Minoan capital city