Ancient Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
  2. 6. A wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
  3. 8. A way of supplying water to an area of land
  4. 9. A writer who served as an official record keeper.
  5. 12. Long poems that tell the stories of heroes
  6. 14. A pyramid-shaped temple in Sumer
  7. 15. Human-made waterways
Down
  1. 2. A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming
  2. 3. the science of building
  3. 4. The worship of many gods
  4. 5. Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
  5. 7. An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
  6. 10. A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
  7. 11. The world's first system of writing
  8. 13. A person who performs religious ceremonies