Across
- 2. The month which is the other name for the Bolshevik Revolution
- 3. Name of the person who first brought the printing press to Europe
- 5. Name of the operation that in 1947 separated East and West Pakistan from India
- 8. Name of the canal across Central America, completed in 1914
- 10. An emperor who ruled the Frankish kingdom, and expanded it to be as large as ancient Rome
- 12. THE PALACE OF ..............- the name for the buildings that contain the United Kingdom's parliament
- 15. The influential wife of Justinian
- 17. Name of the operation to eliminate left-wing oppositions, run by the conservative regimes of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay between 1975 and 1983
- 18. A religious community of men who give up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of worship
- 19. Surname of the brothers who led the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s
- 25. an alphabet for the writing of Slavic languages, devised in the ninth century by Saints Cyril and Methodius
- 26. The plague that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages
- 28. Name of the territory leased to the British in the 19th century and given back to China in 1997
- 29. in feudal Europe, a person who received a grant of land in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services to a lord
Down
- 1. The taking away of a person’s right of membership in a Christian church
- 4. Genghis Khan was from here
- 6. a lord's estate in feudal Europe
- 7. Name of the country where a revolution in 1964 was the most violent outbreak of anti-Arab violence in postcolonial African history
- 9. Name of the Spanish general who led the winning nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
- 11. ALEXANDER THE ........ - Macedonian ruler who conquered Persia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and some parts of India
- 13. Name for the period of intense economic hardship in the US and Europe, starting in 1929
- 14. Name of the African country in which there was a 15-year conflict that occurred between May 30, 1977 and October 4, 1992
- 16. a medieval peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate
- 20. Name of the first satellite successfully launched into space
- 21. The name of the wars about drugs, fought in the 19th century between China and Great Britain
- 22. Surname of the person who invented the first computer
- 23. Surname of the US president assassinated in November 1963
- 24. The modern name for Constantinople
- 25. A large fortified building to protect land and people.
- 27. A code of behaviour for knights in medieval Europe, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion