Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent

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Across
  1. 3. the art of steering a ship
  2. 5. payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power
  3. 6. carved stone slab that stands on end
  4. 9. belief in more than one god
  5. 10. area ruled by a distant country
  6. 13. fairness
  7. 14. wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq
  8. 15. system of writing created by Sumerian priests
  9. 19. acting in a way that is ethically right
  10. 21. religious teacher
  11. 22. separation from one's homeland
  12. 23. works with others to achieve a shared goal
  13. 24. leader who rallied the Israelites to defend their land
  14. 25. weekly day of rest
  15. 26. system where people exchange goods without money
  16. 28. meeting place
  17. 31. a set of symbols where each stands for a certain sound
  18. 33. pyramid-shaped brick towers
  19. 34. goods sold within a country but produced in another country
  20. 36. first five books of the Hebrew Bible
  21. 37. communities of Jews living outside their ancient homeland
  22. 38. binding agreement
Down
  1. 1. region in the Middle East that stretches from the Gulf to the Med
  2. 2. set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
  3. 4. an independent state that includes a city and its surroundings territory
  4. 7. the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
  5. 8. ideas of right and wrong
  6. 10. a way of doing things that is common to a certain culture
  7. 11. soldiers who fight on horseback
  8. 12. state containing several countries or territories
  9. 15. spreading cultural traits from one region to another
  10. 16. belief in only one god
  11. 17. all members of a society must obey the law
  12. 18. to supply water to crops
  13. 20. permanent army of professional soldiers
  14. 27. goods produced in a country and then sold in another country
  15. 29. money used as a medium of exchange
  16. 30. an order to do something
  17. 32. chosen by God to bring truth to the people
  18. 35. a collection about the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law