Babylonian Empire Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. The powerful king who created the first written laws
- 6. What laws were first recorded on: clay ___
- 11. The region where Babylon was located
- 13. Babylon's peak population: 200,000 ___
- 14. Large temple at the center of Babylon that looked like a pyramid
- 15. The first written laws in history were called Hammurabi's ___
Down
- 1. The river that Babylon was built on
- 3. The people who lived north of the Babylonians
- 4. The year Babylon started to rise to power: 1792 ___
- 5. The empire that fell before the Babylonians rose to power
- 7. Tall stone pillars where laws were carved
- 8. The people who settled Babylon after the Akkadian Empire fell
- 9. The meaning of "Babylon" in Akkadian: "gate of the ___"
- 10. The number of laws in Hammurabi's Code: two hundred ___ -two
- 12. The approximate height of Babylon's ziggurat: 300 ___