Chapter 3 Vocabulary

12345678910111213141516171819
Across
  1. 3. / long poems that tell the stories of heroes
  2. 6. of labor / an arrangement in each worker specializes in a particular task or job
  3. 8. crescent / an area of rich farmland in southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
  4. 9. / a country side area
  5. 13. code / the code set down rules for both criminal and civil law
  6. 14. / picture symbols; usually represents an object, like a tree or animal
  7. 16. / a city area
  8. 18. / the worlds first system of writing; ancient writing impressed in clay tablets
  9. 19. / sought to expand Akkadian territory
Down
  1. 1. / land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
  2. 2. / built a strong kingdom in Asia Minor, which is present day Turkey
  3. 4. / In 1200s BC, the Assyrians from northern Mesopotamia briefly gained control over Babylon. Their army was well organized.
  4. 5. / a ruler of a kingdom or empire
  5. 7. / a pyramid shaped temple in sumer
  6. 10. / the most famous chaldean king; rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city.
  7. 11. / a handmade waterway
  8. 12. / a way of supplying water to an area of land
  9. 15. / a group from the Syrian Desert, led other peoples in an attack on the Assyrians. In 612 BC they took over the Assyrians Empire
  10. 17. / the worlds oldest epic; a legendary king who became a huge part in Sumerian literature