Lesson 8 choice board

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Across
  1. 2. murder for political terms or reasons
  2. 4. receiving little or no precipitation
  3. 7. a communication system that required a mounted messenger
  4. 8. ruler of the “countries” of ancient Persia, who answered to the king
  5. 10. the governing domain of an empire
  6. 13. a secret plan to commit a crime
  7. 14. surrounded by land with little access to water
  8. 16. a persian empire ruled by Selekus Nicator
  9. 17. a domain that has been conquered by the central state and made part of its empire
  10. 18. receiving only 10 to 20 inches of precipitation per year
Down
  1. 1. a persian empire ruled by Arsaces
  2. 3. allowing the practice of religions or cultures other than one’s own
  3. 5. having a great deal of variety
  4. 6. a persian empire ruled by Ardashir
  5. 9. a person without a legitimate claim to rule, who becomes ruler by force
  6. 11. the people who perform the work of government
  7. 12. a persian empire ruled by Darius
  8. 14. the right of lawfulness of a ruler's claim to be the head of the government
  9. 15. the first Persian to create a empire
  10. 17. an ecoregion in Eurasia with dry grasslands and no forests