France is the correct answer I believe
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The ones I got for 1. Is Confucius, going across
1 down is Constantinople
2. Byzahtium across
3 Down would be aqueducts
4 across Pax Romana
8 across patricians
9 across empire
11 I think is Rome or cult across
13 across Republic