Ancient Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 6. A river in Mesopotamia
  2. 7. A pyramid/waterslide shaped temple
  3. 8. A Greek word meaning "land between 2 rivers"
  4. 11. A son will lose his hand if he ___ his dad
  5. 12. Ms. Willoughby speaks English, Japanese, and ____
  6. 14. The writing system of Mesopotamia
  7. 16. Another river in Mesopotamia
  8. 20. _____ is when people worship only one god
  9. 21. The 6th king of Babylon who wrote down laws
Down
  1. 1. Each city was surrounded by these for protection
  2. 2. The Epic of ___ is a story about a king of Uruk who seeks eternal life
  3. 3. Scribes used a _____ to make marks in clay
  4. 4. The _______ crescent had great farmland because of silt deposits from the nearby rivers
  5. 5. Wives proved they were perfect and their husbands were bad in order to get a _____
  6. 6. The god lived at the ___ of the temple
  7. 9. Mesopotamian art depicts people with big ___.
  8. 10. providing law and ____ is the first purpose of government
  9. 13. Ms. Willoughby's dog's name
  10. 15. _____ is when people worship many gods
  11. 17. People were forced to be slaves for ___ years
  12. 18. _____ statues would pray on behalf of people in temples
  13. 19. "An eye for an eye, a _____ for a ______"