Across
- 2. type of government in Athens (2 words)
- 3. oldest known form of writing
- 5. Major Battle in the Persian War, where Athens had a surprising victory
- 6. important source of food for all major civilizations
- 7. Mesopotamian artifact that likely shows the major social classes in Ancient Sumer (3 words)
- 9. the name for France during Ancient Rome
- 13. War between Athens and Sparta
- 15. king of Babylon known for writing the oldest surviving law code
- 16. name of the Chinese emperor who united warring city states and started the Great Wall of China
- 17. type of government that is based on a religion or the leader is believed to be a god
- 18. god of Justice in Ancient Mesopotamia
- 21. type of democracy we have in the United States
- 23. one of the major rivers in China
- 24. One of two brothers who built the city of Rome, this one is the one who was murdered
- 25. pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt
- 26. someone who lives in a society that has rights and responsibilities toward the government
- 27. branch of social studies that studies how the Earth impacts human societies
Down
- 1. Enemy of Ancient Greece
- 4. one of two rivers that ran through Mesopotamia
- 5. location of the world's oldest civilizations
- 8. one of two twins rescued by a wolf on the banks of the River Tiber who went on to build Rome
- 10. Greek leader who took over the Persian Empire (3 words)
- 11. type of government where a small group of people hold all the power
- 12. the belief in multiple gods
- 14. longest river in the world
- 19. type of government where no one and everyone is in charge at the same time
- 20. Egyptian pharaoh who built three pyramids (some looked funny)
- 21. another word for representative democracy
- 22. Major Battle in Persian War, where 300 Spartan soldiers held off the Persian army