Ancient Mesopotamia
Across
- 2. One of the rivers in the Fertile Crescent
- 5. Hammurabi's list of laws
- 6. land in lower Mesopotamia where Sumerians settled
- 7. country that currently occupies the land between two rivers
- 9. system of writing comprised of wedge shaped marks on clay
- 12. farmers moved water from the rivers to do this
- 13. famous ancient Mesopotamian city
- 14. means land between two rivers
- 16. Ancient Sumerian religious city
- 17. important invention of the Sumerians
Down
- 1. members of Sumerian wealthy class
- 3. main economic activity of Sumerian civilization
- 4. people who had the job of writing
- 8. political units of city and surrounding land
- 10. head ruler in early civilizations
- 11. tall Sumerian temple
- 15. pointed reed instrument used for writing