Across
- 2. Chinese philosopher who believed relationships were key to governing
- 5. The concept of yin and ______, that light and dark represented natural life.
- 6. Persian king who created the Persian Empire, called "the Great"
- 9. King of Assyria who collected clay tablets for the library at Nineveh.
- 12. Kushite king that conquered Egypt
- 14. First empire in northern Mesopotamia with a highly advanced military
- 15. Persian prophet who said earth is a battleground for good and evil.
- 16. Nubian kingdom that came to rule Egypt
Down
- 1. A government that has unlimited power.
- 3. Shi ________, Chinese Qin Emperor who ended the warring states period.
- 4. female pharaoh of New Kingdom of Egypt
- 7. Persian king whose only failure was his inability to conquer Greece
- 8. Founded by the Chinese philosopher Laozi
- 10. A famous road that ran from 1,677 miles in the Persian Empire
- 11. region of Africa south of Egypt
- 13. Egyptian pharaoh that fought the Hittites