Across
- 2. King Nebuchadnezzar ruled what land
- 5. Belief in one god
- 9. Phoenician invention passed along to Greeks
- 12. first of the new empires
- 13. King who ruled Israel from 1010 BC to 970 BC
- 14. 20 organized sections of Persian government
- 18. Created worlds largest empire of his time
Down
- 1. Succeeded his father David as King
- 3. "one true religion" of Persia
- 4. Persian cavalry force of elite infantry
- 6. The Babylonians fell to who
- 7. Collected taxes in Persia
- 8. This stretched from Susa to Lydia
- 10. Cyrus nickname
- 11. Persians were unified by this ruler
- 15. Harsh brutal tactics, destroyed lands & peoples
- 16. Hittites and Assyrians used this metal
- 17. This aspect of Israelite culture had impact