In the Beginning Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. one of Noah's sons, brother of Japheth and Ham
  2. 7. a crescent shaped area that is full of rich soil from the Tigris and Euphrates
  3. 8. the river next to the Tigris the other defining river of Mesopotamia
  4. 11. the river next to the Euphrates in Mesopotamia
  5. 12. the capital of the Akkadian Empire, the dominant political force in Mesopotamia
Down
  1. 1. the process of distributing things or people over a wide area
  2. 2. the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, present day southern Iraq
  3. 3. the term used in the Hebrew Bible for the general region of Mesopotamia
  4. 4. a historical region in West Asia situated between the Tigris and Euphrates river system
  5. 6. a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey, and Egypt
  6. 9. an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia
  7. 10. the father of many nation, father of Isaac