Ancient Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. The place and physical environment
  2. 6. Building canals to bring water to farm fields
  3. 8. A big area in the Middle East where the soil is really good for growing plants
  4. 10. Something new
  5. 13. Related to power and authority
  6. 14. set of rules made by a king named Hammurabi
  7. 15. Groups of people based on their hierarchy, what they do, or how much they have
  8. 16. Writing system invented by Mesopotamians
Down
  1. 1. A religious building with steps/stairs. Mesopotamians built them for special ceremonies and to be close to the gods
  2. 2. Related to money and trade
  3. 3. Traders who buy and sell things in the market
  4. 4. Things from nature that people can use, like air, water, trees, and soil
  5. 7. The region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed
  6. 9. Rules that a civilization agrees to follow to keep harmony
  7. 11. Beliefs in a higher spiritual power
  8. 12. Related to arts, customs, and language