Across
- 1. These animals are our closest evolutionary cousins, sharing 98.4% of our DNA. (Week 1)
- 3. Known as modern man, they have been around for about 250,000 years, have expanded our toolkit, invented cave art, and even the world’s first musical instruments. (Week 1)
- 6. It lay at the heart of 1st Wave Civilizations, as people increasingly settled in cities, which became administrative and political capitals as well as centers of trade and production. (Week 3)
- 7. Fanged serpent god worshipped by the Olmec. (Week 3)
- 9. The zenith of Greek culture that spread as a result of the conquest of Alexander the Great. (Week 4)
- 10. Classical Era emperor who sought to help peasants by nationalizing territory of private landowners and distributing it to those who had no land of their own. (Week 6)
- 14. Conflict spawned by Athenian imperialism following their victory in the Greco-Persian Wars, which allowed Alexander the Great to conquer the fractured Greek city states with little difficulty. (Week 4)
- 17. Persian religion that was nearly destroyed by Alexander the Great; it called upon adherents to worship the god of light, Ahura Mazda. (Week 5)
- 19. The figure most closely associated with the founding of Daoism. (Week 5)
- 20. Greek philosopher who wrote about a society ruled by a class of highly educated guardians who could penetrate the illusions of the material world. (Week 5)
- 22. Mesopotamian city with a population of nearly 50,000 people that was surrounded by 20 foot tall walls and included a ziggurat in the center of the city. (Week 3)
- 23. The primary way that evolution occurs,which is when populations change in response to environmental pressures. (Week 1)
- 24. Christian missionary who experienced his own conversion on the road to Damascus, he became a passionate missionary who put people at ease and included non-Jews in his teachings. (Week 5)
- 25. Gladiator from Rome, a slave society, who became famous for leading a group of slaves in a school for gladiators to freedom and attracting a following of 120,000 slaves to rebel against Roman authorities. (Week 6)
- 27. One of the largest cities of the ancient Olmec, it housed 100,000 people in residential apartments along the Avenue of the Dead, which connected two large temple pyramids. (Week 3)
- 28. The first hominid species to begin making controlled use of fire and to become adaptable enough to move into different Old World Climates. (Week 1)
- 31. Provincial governors who administered the Persian Empire’s 23 provinces. (Week 4)
- 32. Indian emperor who carved a series of rock edicts throughout the Mauryan Kingdom and showed tolerance to both Hinduism as well as Buddhism within his kingdom. (Week 5)
- 33. Ancient Indian city housing nearly 40,000 people, featuring large, richly built homes of 2-3 stories, complete with indoor plumbing, luxurious bathrooms, private wells, streets laid out in a grid-like pattern, and grand public buildings. (Week 3)
- 35. First Wave Civilization that practiced feudalism and followed the Mandate of Heaven in choosing their emperor. (Week 3)
- 36. This class existed completely outside the social hierarchy of classical China and were feared by nobility (Week 6)
- 37. Cultural tradition utilizing a series of harshly enforced rules, that was used by Qin Shihuangdi to reunify China during the classical era. (Week 5)
- 38. Religious tradition used by Chinese peasants to inspire and support rebellions against landowners, such as the Yellow Turban Rebellion. (Week 5)
- 39. Mesopotamian stepped pyramid. (Week 3)
Down
- 2. The moment in time in which learned or invented ways of living became more important than biological instinct in determining how humans behaved. (Week 2)
- 4. Greek statesman who reformed the government by ending exclusive aristocratic control, introducing a new and more humane legal code, abolishing debt slavery, and opening public office to a larger number of people. (Week 4)
- 5. Chinese Empress who commissioned biographies written by famous women, made the mourning period for mothers and fathers equal, and created a Chinese character for the word human being. (Week 6)
- 8. 300 years of peace and prosperity ushered in during the rule of Octavian Augustus in the 1st and 2nd centuries of the classical era in Rome. (Week 4)
- 11. The ultimate aim of Hinduism, this is when the Atman and the Brahman became unified, allowing a person to achieve liberation from the endless cycle of rebirth. (Week 5)
- 12. Religious leader who emphasized the necessity of classical arts education in achieving moral betterment as well as the cultivation of ren. (Week 5)
- 13. Native Americans born anatomically male who dress and adopt the gender roles of women. (Week 2)
- 15. Scientists believe that this was the first hominid species to become fully bipedal around 4 million years ago (just ask John Green if you don’t believe me)! (Week 1)
- 16. A hereditary class of Hindu society that distinguishes people by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution, as well as by social status. (Week 6)
- 18. Ancient Indian texts that urged introspection and questioned the need for sacrifices to the Brahmins. (Week 5)
- 21. A series of colored, knotted strings that formed a sort of proto-writing system in Andean cultures and was often used for record keeping. (Week 3)
- 23. A First Wave Civilization with an economy based upon the fishing industry, textile technology, and the exportation of rich dyes and hallucinogenic snuff. (Week 3)
- 26. War against Carthage in which Rome extended control over the western Mediterranean and made itself a naval power. (Week 4)
- 29. The worldview of Australian Aboriginal peoples that is expressed in stories, ceremonies and rock art, and holds that everything in the natural order is a vibration of ancient happenings. (Week 2)
- 30. The theory that life began billions of years ago, when a group of chemicals inadvertently organized themselves into a self-replicating molecule, which gave rise to every single living thing on the planet. (Week 1 & 2)
- 34. King of Babylon who wrote a God-given set of rules utilizing Lex Talonis and the notion of innocent until proven guilty. (Week 3)