Mesopotamia Crossword

3. While city dwellers were urban, farmers lived in ____________ areas.
6. Mesopotamian farmers built ________________ to irrigate their fields.
8. The sumerians used __________ to help control the flow of the nearby rivers and to prevent flooding.
9. The _________ river lies on the northwest edge of Mesopotamia.
11. ___________ were at the top of the social order in Sumerian culture
12. The Sumerians built the first permanent _________ to help protect their lands and conquer other lands.
14. The people of Sumer practiced _________, the worship of many gods.
15. The Babylonian king ____________ is famous for his code of laws.
16. Mesopotamia lays in a larger region called the _______________ which had fertile soil for farming.

1. A __________ was a pyramid shaped temple tower that rose above each city in Mesopotamia.
2. ____________ were at the bottom of Sumerian social order.
4. Instead of using pictographs, Sumerians developed a type of writing called _________.
5. Horse-drawn _________ gave the Hittites an advantage during battle.
6. Sumerian society was organized in ___________, which consisted of a city and the surrounding lands.
7. ___________ in Sumerian society interpreted the wishes of gods.
10. These writers would be hired to keep track of the items people traded.
13. The ____________ river lies on the southwest edge of Mesopotamia.