The Beginning of Human Society and Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 5. The period of the Stone Age when people began to use sharpened tools
  2. 7. Sumerian city-states shared common culture and _____
  3. 9. People had this after the development of farming and it allowed them to create bigger families, which led to an increase in global population
  4. 10. These are the temples ancient Sumerians worshiped in
  5. 11. The large river located on the Western edge of Mesopotamia
  6. 13. The belief in many gods
  7. 15. The Neo Babylonian king constructed massive ___ to protect his city
  8. 16. An organized list of laws
  9. 18. A weapon of war created by the Assyrians
  10. 21. Sumerian city-states did not share a common _____
  11. 23. By 10,000 BC humans had reached this country in South America
  12. 25. The empire that conquered the Neo Babylonians (Ruled by Cyrus the Great)
  13. 29. These Chaldean scientists were famous for charting the pats of the stars and measured the length of a year.
  14. 32. The king of the Neo Babylonian Empire
  15. 33. Conquered by the Babylonian. And after their defeat, their weapons and tools were taken from them
  16. 35. A group of people with a similar background, income, and way of life
  17. 37. Scientists who examine objects to learn about past people and cultures
  18. 38. The period of the Stone Age when people were hunters and gatherers and used blunt tools
  19. 40. The land between two rivers
  20. 43. The large river located on the Eastern edge of Mesopotamia
Down
  1. 1. Adapt plants or animals for human use
  2. 2. The ruler of the Babylonian Empire
  3. 3. Rich in substances that plants need to grow
  4. 4. Both Babylonia and Assyria shared a quest for riches and vicious ____
  5. 6. An area of many territories and peoples that is controlled by one government
  6. 8. People with no settled home
  7. 12. The time before history
  8. 14. “An eye for an ___” is the basic idea of Hammurabi’s Code
  9. 16. The name for the Sumerian written language which combine symbols, wedges, and lines to create words
  10. 17. Supplying land with water from a network of canals
  11. 18. The Age when people learned to make tools out of a mix of copper and tin
  12. 19. A society that had cities, was run by a government, and had workers that specialized in various jobs
  13. 20. The period of the Stone Age when people began to farm
  14. 22. The Assyrians were conquered by the Medes and the ___
  15. 24. The first cities in human history all seemed to develop around these
  16. 26. The empire that conquered the Babylonians
  17. 27. The capital city of Assyria
  18. 28. The rivers of Mesopotamia were known as the “Rivers of life and ____”
  19. 30. The king who united the Sumerian city-states
  20. 31. The neighboring empire that conquered the Sumerians around 2300 BC
  21. 34. Used by people to settle in cooler climates and ward off animals
  22. 36. According to Hammurabi’s Code, the higher the ___ of a victim of a crime, the greater they penalty was
  23. 39. A system of _____ was created by Hammurabi to encourage trade and improve communication between cities and towns.
  24. 41. The written and other recorded events of people
  25. 42. Stories passed down by word of mouth