Western Asia and Egypt

4. river on the west and south sides of Mesopotamia
13. capital of Israel
14. Persian road that stretched from Lydia to Susa
15. Akkadian king who started the first empire in history
16. member of the Persian royal family
17. a new idea, method, or device
18. a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family usually father to son
19. large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples and territories
20. king who united the upper and lower kingdoms

1. Israeli king who ruled from about 970 BC to 930 BC
2. river that flows north from central Africa, longest in the world
3. arc of land from Mediterranean Sea to Persian Gulf with rich soil
5. the land south of the Nile Delta
6. the moving of goods or people
7. the Nile Delta
8. Babylonian king best remembered for his code of law
9. religion in which there is only one god
10. a state with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
11. river on the east and north sides of Mesopotamia
12. religion of the Israelites