I Colon Mesopotamia Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. a Sumerian writing system that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
  2. 3. a district within a larger country or empire
  3. 5. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
  4. 8. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
  5. 11. a person who copies or writes out documents: often a record keeper
  6. 13. a belief in more than one god
  7. 14. a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top
Down
  1. 2. a way to supply dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
  2. 4. and independent nation made up of a city and land around it
  3. 6. a person who studies stars, plants, and the moon
  4. 7. a group of many different lands under one ruler
  5. 9. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
  6. 10. Small particles of fertile soil
  7. 12. a long poem that tells the story of a hero