Fertile Crescent

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Across
  1. 4. An area in the Middle and Near East centered around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  2. 6. a river in Turkey and Iraq that joins the Euphrates River.
  3. 8. decorative gardens planted on the terraces of the ziggurats of ancient Babylon.
  4. 9. a river in eastern Turkey and Iraq. It joins the Tigris River.
Down
  1. 1. A poem from ancient Mesopotamia, one of the earliest surviving major works of literature.
  2. 2. relating to the writing system used in parts of the ancient Middle East, which consisted of wedge-shaped characters.
  3. 3. an independent state made up of a city and the land around it.
  4. 5. king of ancient Babylonia from 1792 to 1750 BCE. He was famous for his "code" of strict laws.
  5. 7. a pyramidal tower in ancient Mesopotamia.