Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. ............. were highly organized and it took many people to make it work.
  2. 5. ...... Status was the way people were ranked back then.
  3. 8. This is what the Sumerians created to help boost their economy and get what they needed in exchange for something else.
  4. 9. ........... were the people that were best known for creating the first alphabet. They didn't form a strong civilization, but they were very influential.
  5. 12. This term means the land between the rivers.
  6. 13. This is the capital of modern-day Mesopotamia and was the capital city of the Neo-Babylonian empire.
  7. 14. ......... River was the Westernmost river of the 2 rivers.
Down
  1. 1. ...... River was the Easternmost of the 2 rivers.
  2. 3. ......... were the civilization most known for their fearsome army.
  3. 4. ......... was the king of the Babylonian civilization. He was the one who created the laws we still use today.
  4. 5. This was the first-ever civilization.
  5. 6. This is a system of making and trading things of value. Now it is divided into goods and services.
  6. 7. This was the way people wrote things back then. It was written with a stylist pen on a clay slab.
  7. 10. This was another name for the people of the Neo- Babylonian empire.
  8. 11. This was a type of religion that was really popular in Mesopotamia. It means that you worship many gods.