Chapter 3- Ancient Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 2. the highest-ranking leader of a group of people
  2. 3. fine, fertile soil deposited by a river
  3. 4. an ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians, made up of wedge-shaped markings
  4. 8. a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands
  5. 9. a sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets
  6. 12. having little rainfall and warm temperatures
  7. 14. person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper
  8. 15. a period of little rainfall, in which growing crops becomes difficult
  9. 17. belief in many gods and goddesses
Down
  1. 1. a human society with an advanced level of development in a social and political organization and in the arts and sciences
  2. 5. the area of Southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers - home to many early civilizations
  3. 6. a picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea in an early system of writing
  4. 7. a metal that is a mixture of copper and tin
  5. 10. an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia, in which civilization arose around 3300 B.C.
  6. 11. an ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of step-like levels
  7. 13. an amount produced in excess of what is needed
  8. 16. flat land bordering the banks of a river