Across
- 4. king of Israel that built the temple
- 5. largest ancient Mesopotamian empire
- 7. Persian provinces
- 10. ancestor of Hebrew and Arabic
- 11. paper made of reeds
- 12. His epic; first known work of literature
- 14. pictogram script
- 16. early Greeks that lived on Crete
- 17. seafaring Greek conquerors
- 21. undeciphered language of the Minoans
- 23. Persian monotheism
- 25. defeated the Persians
- 27. Israelite capital
- 28. river of life
- 29. tombs for kings
Down
- 1. temple in Sumer
- 2. earliest form of the Greek language
- 3. Minoan capital
- 5. collection of multiple gods
- 6. father of the Hebrews
- 8. historical objects
- 9. His code of law
- 13. land between the rivers
- 15. first known script
- 18. mixed metal of tin and copper
- 19. capital of Assyria
- 20. allowed Jews to return to their homeland
- 22. sea that surrounds Greece
- 24. conquered Israel and scattered 10 tribes
- 26. Egyptian king