Introduction to Civilization and Mesopotamia
Across
- 1. division of society by rank or class
- 4. a person who moved their settlement to follow their source of food
- 8. a long poem that usually tells a story about a hero
- 9. one of the rivers in Mesopotamia
- 10. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
- 12. the main geographic feature of Mesopotamia which was a flat open area
- 13. a king who became a mythological hero
- 15. world's first system of writing
- 16. the process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful to humans
- 17. believing in many gods
- 18. the modern day country where Mesopotamia was located
- 19. a person who leads religious ceremonies
- 21. the type of economy used in early communities
- 23. a king who created the first empire
- 24. a mixture of rich soil from the bottom of rivers that helped crops grow
- 26. an area that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea with rich soil
- 27. a tool used by potters to form pottery
- 30. the idea that no one is exempt from following the laws
- 31. Hammurabi's code makes no reference to punishment from these
Down
- 2. the theme of geography that describes the Mesopotamian farmers using irrigation
- 3. more food than needed; the thing that is necessary for civilization to begin
- 5. a person who writes for their job
- 6. this is what happens when people specialize in different jobs
- 7. another term for farming crops and raising animals
- 11. systems that move water from one place to another
- 14. the king known for his code of law
- 20. a famous Neolithic community
- 22. a set of laws given by a leader or government
- 25. a sharp tool that was used to write in cuneiform
- 27. a tool pulled by oxen to break up soil
- 28. land with different territories and people under a single ruler
- 29. a huge stone monument
- 32. Sumerians built a math system based on this number