Ancient Mesopotamia
Across
- 3. A building material made from mud and dried in the sun
- 5. A region of fertile land in the Middle East where early civilizations developed
- 9. A flat piece of clay used for writing in ancient Mesopotamia
- 10. A Babylonian king famous for his code of laws
- 11. A place of worship in ancient Mesopotamian cities
- 12. A large stepped structure used as a religious center
- 14. The ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- 15. One of the major rivers of Mesopotamia
- 17. A system of supplying water to crops
- 19. A person who wrote and recorded information
- 20. A man-made waterway used for irrigation
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- 1. One of the earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia
- 2. Practice of growing crops and raising animals for food
- 4. A city and its surrounding area that formed an independent state
- 6. One of the two major rivers of Mesopotamia
- 7. One of the earliest systems of writing using wedge shaped marks
- 8. A set of laws created by King Hammurabi
- 13. An ancient language and people of Mesopotamia
- 16. A legendary king of the ancient city of Uruk
- 18. An important ancient city in Mesopotamia