Ancient Mesopotamia Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The things, cultural and technological, left to us from the past
  2. 3. A very fine and fertile soil that was excellent for farming
  3. 5. The belief in many gods
  4. 8. Substances from which other things are made
  5. 10. Babylonian ruler that is known for his Code of Laws
  6. 13. The earliest form of writing, invented by Sumerians
  7. 14. A tax paid in return for protection
  8. 15. Mesopotamia’s first civilization
  9. 16. A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler
  10. 17. “Land between the rivers”
  11. 18. Governors of provinces
  12. 20. Categorizing people based on wealth or social status
  13. 21. “Mountaintop” Huge pyramid-shaped temple
Down
  1. 2. A self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands and settlements
  2. 4. A series of acts always performed in the same way
  3. 6. Watering fields using human-made systems
  4. 7. Sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others
  5. 9. Small administrative districts within an empire
  6. 11. Widespread Hunger
  7. 12. People who are skilled at making things by hand
  8. 19. Partnerships