Mesopotamia Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. "the land between the rivers"
  2. 7. the people who created the first civilization
  3. 10. a belief in more than one god
  4. 12. a metal that is stronger than copper
  5. 13. the king of Uruk from the story on pages 84-85
  6. 15. a city that governs itself and surrounding territory
  7. 19. a system that supplies land with water through canals or ditches
  8. 20. a type of cart pulled by horses that served as transportation and was used in battle
  9. 21. the people who communicated with the gods
  10. 22. the first writing system
  11. 24. the number of days in a Mesopotamian calendar month
Down
  1. 1. a round invention that was used for both transportation and pottery
  2. 2. leader of the Akkadians
  3. 3. the number of seconds in a minute
  4. 5. one of the rivers in the Fertile Crescent
  5. 6. one of the rivers in the Fertile Crescent
  6. 8. the world's first author
  7. 9. fine particles of fertile soil
  8. 11. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple on top
  9. 14. the people who first conquered Sumer
  10. 16. a person who copies or writes out documents
  11. 17. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
  12. 18. a trading system in which people traded goods and didn't use money
  13. 23. a modern country in the Middle East where Mesopotamia used to be