Historical crossword puzzle (world history)

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