Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 2. Empire in southwest Asia with Babylon as its capital
  2. 5. Group of people sharing similar social or economic status
  3. 7. Wedge-shaped writing system used in Mesopotamia
  4. 9. Mesopotamian invention used for carts and transport
  5. 11. Independent city with its own government and surrounding land
  6. 14. Many territories and peoples ruled by one government
  7. 17. Farming and growing crops for food
  8. 18. Skilled worker who makes goods by hand
  9. 19. Person trained to read write and keep records
  10. 20. To tame plants or animals for human use
Down
  1. 1. Belief in many gods
  2. 3. Large rectangular tiered temple made of mud bricks
  3. 4. Babylonian king who created a written code of laws
  4. 6. Organized system of laws
  5. 8. Land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  6. 10. Semicircle of fertile land from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
  7. 12. Ancient region in southern Mesopotamia with early city-states
  8. 13. Northern region between the Tigris River and Zagros Mountains
  9. 15. Supplying farmland with water using canals
  10. 16. Religious leaders who communicated with the gods