Ancient Mesopotamia
Across
- 2. Ruler of the Persian empire
- 4. A state surrounding several countries or territories
- 7. The belief in more than one god
- 10. Soldiers who fight while riding horses
- 12. A wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq
- 13. Fairness or fair treatment
- 14. A system of writing the uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas, or sounds
Down
- 1. A carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end
- 3. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
- 5. An area ruled by a distant country
- 6. Pyramid-shaped brick towers
- 8. A text finished around 600 CE
- 9. The belief that there is only one god
- 11. An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory