This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Ancient Civilizations has 25 clues. Answers range from 4 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Area dedicated to the honor of gods and goddesses
Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster
Narrow water passages, that connect the Mediterranean and Black seas
Greeks evolved a unique version of the city state
A high city
A government in which a king or queen exercises central power
Rule by a landholding elite
A small group of people having control over a country
Massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers
Invaders turned into state-owned slaves
Government by the people
People who gained power by force
Law making body, that debated laws before deciding to approve or reject them
A formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another;s defense
Which people decide policies
Fixed salary
A panel of citizens who have the authority to make the final judgement in a trial
Expelled from the city state
Rational thinking
The art of skillful speaking
Plays that told stories of human suffering that usually ended in a disaster
Humorous plays that mocked people or customs
The murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
Absorbed, Greek ideas
sun-centered, solar system was not accepted by most scientists until almost 2,000 years later