Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 4. basis for Mesopotamian economy
  2. 6. belief in many gods
  3. 7. river on the southern side of the fertile crescent
  4. 9. use of canals and dams to control river flooding
  5. 10. river on the northern side of the fertile crescent
  6. 12. government where priests also serve as rulers
  7. 14. king who built the first Mesopotamian empire
  8. 15. first known set of laws in Babylon
  9. 16. people who wander in search of food
  10. 19. earliest literature; epic poem about king and his heroic deeds
  11. 20. economic system involving the exchange of goods
Down
  1. 1. first known civilization
  2. 2. land between two rivers
  3. 3. term describing the river flooding in Mesopotamia
  4. 5. independent community ruled by a king and surrounded by a wall
  5. 6. body of water into which the two rivers flow
  6. 8. spread of ideas and customs
  7. 11. change from food gathering to food producing
  8. 13. system of wedge shaped writing; first known writing
  9. 17. pyramid-like temple built to honor a city-state's god
  10. 18. period of time in which tools were made of a mixture of copper and tin