First Civilization

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Across
  1. 1. the belief in one god
  2. 3. country where Mesopotamia is located
  3. 6. a metal made from mixing copper and tin
  4. 7. world's first civilization
  5. 9. these were used to help move carts easily
  6. 10. a written set of laws
  7. 13. wood that is used to build things
  8. 14. religious temples in ancient Sumer
  9. 20. type of animal used by Sumerian farmers to plow fields
  10. 21. an economic system that involves trading things
  11. 22. a type of writing containing simple pictures
  12. 24. an independent city and its surrounding land
  13. 26. they needed the support of priests to stay in power
  14. 27. writing tablets in Sumer were made of this
  15. 28. large rafts used to trade goods along rivers
Down
  1. 2. they were the lowest social class in Sumerian society
  2. 4. to gain wealth
  3. 5. a major crop of the Fertile Crescent
  4. 8. a Sumerian city; first city in the world
  5. 11. type of writing used by the Sumerians
  6. 12. a type of fertile soil found in Mesopotamia
  7. 15. supplying water to soil to help grow crops
  8. 16. Sumerian farmers raised ________, goats, and cattle
  9. 17. another name for farming
  10. 18. name that means land between two rivers
  11. 19. Sumerians used different types of this to improve farming
  12. 22. the belief in multiple gods
  13. 23. Sumerians believed they knew how to communicate with gods
  14. 25. one of the famous rivers of Mesopotamia