Crossword Puzzle

3. This means "land between the rivers" in Greek and lays in the eastern end of the Fertile Crescent.
6. According to historians, who controlled early governments since they knew how to please city gods and keep Ur safe?
9. This is the prophet’s emphasis upon proper conduct.
12. Hammurabi recognized that a single, uniform would help ______ the diverse groups of his empire.
13. Southwest Asia later was united culturally, so modern scholars refer to it as ________ _____________ ____________.
15. These are the laws from God that Moses delivered to his people from praying on Mount Sinai.
17. These people were known as religious teachers, and the Jews believed that they were messengers sent to reveal God’s will to the them.
19. What brought Sumer’s downfall?
20. In Hammurabi’s Code, this principle uses the phrase, “Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”
22. This is a type of complex institution in which priests took charge of.
24. What laws gave women certain rights?
25. After the Chaldeans made Babylon their capital, what was it remarkable for?
26. Where did Moses lead the Jews out of slavery?
27. This place is a multi-tiered structure and means “mountain of god.”
28. What was Hammurabi determined to promote with his laws?
30. Why did nomadic raiders leave Ur in ruins?
31. What is the land the Jews believed God promised them called and is now modern day Palestine?

1. What did Babylon become when Hammurabi became king of Mesopotamia?
2. The Persians built an empire based on _____________ and a wise government.
4. The Sumerians believed that the souls of the dead went to this place.
5. Who was the most powerful king of Israel?
7. What was one important tool that was used to hold Darius’ empire and made trading easier?
8. What marked the end of the Mesopotamian empires?
10. This practice lead to specialized workers and was a way to obtain limited resources for a group of individuals.
11. How many fundamental principles did Hammurabi’s Code use?
14. These people were nomadic raiders who invaded Mesopotamia and made Babylon their capital.
16. This was the Sumerians' way of writing. The letters in this writing were written in a wedge-like shape.
18. These individuals, who dwelled in the Asia Minor, were the first people to learn how to smelt iron.
21. The empire of Assurbanipal spanned the Fertile Crescent from the ____________ ______________ to the Mediterranean Sea.
23. This was a religion that stood out from all the others because it emphasized on justice, morality, and an individual relationship with god.
29. The Jews believed that the Ten Commandments of the Bible formed a _________ between the gods and them.