Chapter 1 - Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 5. the land between two rivers
  2. 6. system of trade replaced by money
  3. 11. an agreement, like between Abram and God.
  4. 13. more food than needed (causes div. of labor)
  5. 16. nickname for the region
  6. 19. one of the two rivers in the region
  7. 21. believed in one God, unlike others near him
  8. 22. He lead the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus)
Down
  1. 1. system of ditches and dikes to control water
  2. 2. expert tradesmen who invented alphabet
  3. 3. this Babylonian leader had a code of laws
  4. 4. many of hammurabi's laws were like this
  5. 7. type of government where one person rules
  6. 8. the belief in one God
  7. 9. wedge-shaped alphabet used in Sumer
  8. 10. a religious temple in Sumerian citystates
  9. 11. a city and the farmland that surrounds it
  10. 12. expert tradesmen who invented coined money
  11. 14. color associated with phoenicia
  12. 15. one of the two rivers in the region
  13. 17. first person to rule an empire (Akkad)
  14. 18. not being allowed back in your country
  15. 20. this is left behind after floodwater recedes