Introduction to Civilization and Mesopotamia

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