Mesopotamia

6. to be made up of
8. having many parts, details, or ideas
10. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
12. moving or lying in the same direction and the same distance apart
15. A man how made the first law (282 of them)
17. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real her
19. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
20. a belief in more than one god
21. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper

1. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
2. fine particles of fertile soil
3. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
4. a set of official laws
5. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
7. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
9. relating to soldiers, arms, or war
11. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
13. a geographic area
14. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
16. person who studies planets and stars
18. an amount that is left over after a need has been met