Across
- 3. Neolithic city located in modern-day Syria
- 6. Known as the time of "Roman Peace"
- 7. Prominent Mauryan Empire leader
- 10. Mesoamerican civilization based in South America
- 13. Main river of Egypt
- 14. Most prominent trade route of the ancient world
- 15. Code of the samurai ("the way of the warrior")
- 16. Language spoken by the Roman Catholic church
Down
- 1. Largest desert in Africa
- 2. Name given to Spanish Muslims
- 4. Created the phonetic alphabet
- 5. Country where the Renaissance began
- 8. Ethnic religion of Japan
- 9. Greek goddess of wisdom
- 11. Second largest continent
- 12. Winner of the Peloponnesian War