Across
- 3. The use of images and symbols in art
- 4. A simplified form of hieroglyphics
- 6. The deportation of Judeans to Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem
- 9. A list of judicial decisions that the Babylonian king Hammurabi had inscribed on stone pillars throughout his kingdom
- 11. The way words are used and put together in speaking or writing
- 16. A very distant ancestor of modern humans who lived in eastern and southern Africa between 2.5 and 4 million years ago
- 17. Stone tools and hand-axes made beginning around 250,000 years ago and consisting of flakes rather than cores
- 18. Nomadic people who rely on herds of domesticated animals for food
- 19. A field of history that looks at all classes and categories of people, not just elites
- 22. A Chinese religion that emphasized respect of nature, the cosmos, and mysticism
- 23. The study of how historians have already interpreted the past
- 24. A taxonomic rank that includes several similar and related species
- 25. One of twenty governing districts in Persia administered by royal governors called satraps, who answered directly to the king
Down
- 1. The three groups in southern Korea that were among the earliest with tribal chieftains
- 2. The shift from hunting and gathering to a life based primarily on agriculture
- 5. The eastern half of the Eurasian Steppe that stretches into Mongolia and runs along the northern border of China
- 7. The view that it is enough to study the deeds and impact of important leaders to paint an accurate picture of the past
- 8. A form of slavery that one person is owned by another as a piece of property
- 10. Sharpened stones used for a variety of cutting, scraping, and chopping purposes
- 12. A term describing the ancient Indus valley civilization
- 13. A line of kings that ruled New Kingdom Egypt following the rule of Ramses I
- 14. A Chinese school of philosophy shaping morality, governance, education, and family life
- 15. A school of philosophical thought that helped dynasties such as the Qin use uniform laws and codes to reform and strengthen rulers
- 20. A phonetic writing system based on the sounds of words and invented by the Sumerians in about 3000 BCE
- 21. A state or kingdom that is nominally independent in the running of its internal affairs but must submit to the demands of a dominating empire and usually provide tribute to it