Mesopotamia and Sumer Cross Word Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. long poem that tells a story.
  2. 5. districts within a country or empire.
  3. 7. soil left after a flood.
  4. 11. ruler of the first empire.
  5. 13. channels and dams to control water for watering plants.
  6. 14. person who studies the stars, planets, and moon.
  7. 16. the first civilization.
Down
  1. 1. belief of many gods.
  2. 2. person who wrote in Cuneiform to write out documents.
  3. 4. a city and the land around it lake a nation.
  4. 6. a group of merchants that traveled together to trade.
  5. 8. building with a temple on top and home for the god.
  6. 9. Sumerian writing.
  7. 10. many lands ruled by 1 ruler (king).
  8. 12. more food than was needed.
  9. 15. a payment made to a ruler as a sign of surrender.