Across
- 5. The Egyptian state was torn by internal power struggles among petty rulers
- 7. founder of the Achaemenid Empire
- 10. ruler that sponsored one of Egypt's most successful trading expeditions,
- 11. king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece
- 12. a member of an Iranian people who inhabited ancient Media
- 13. is to believe to have Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good Deeds.
- 17. a provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire.
- 19. excessive adherence to law or formula.
- 20. is a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
- 22. an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian
- 23. a traditional Chinese form of cleromancy known as I Ching divination
- 24. supporters both of magic and of proto-science
- 25. Nineveh he is associated with sin and vice
- 26. the ancient Egyptian nation between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC.
- 27. is a system of government by one person with absolute power.
- 30. a variety or strain of the indica subspecies of plant.
- 31. two complementary principles of Chinese philosophy
- 32. modern-day Iraq as well as parts of Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey.
Down
- 1. his invasion of Judah
- 2. was China's first unified state whose power was centralized instead of spread among different kingdoms
- 3. the Hyksos comprised a small group of West Asian
- 4. the virtue of exhibiting the proper love and respect for one's parent
- 6. king of Babylon,
- 8. an ancient city in N Sudan, on the Nile
- 9. best-known achievements of Ramses II are his architectural endeavors,
- 14. was emperor of the Qin dynasty (221–210 BCE) and the creator of the first unified Chinese empire.
- 15. Aramaic-speaking, Eastern Rite Catholics.
- 16. he brought the Egyptian empire to the zenith of its power by conquering all of Syria
- 18. the first systematically organized library in Mesopotamia and the ancient Middle East.
- 21. Cambyses , king of Persia
- 28. a philosopher and teacher
- 29. an ancient region of NE Africa, on the Nile
