Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. A professional writer.
  2. 4. A Mesopotamian invention that increased trade by land.
  3. 7. A math system based on this number.
  4. 8. A farming invention that breaks up hard, rocky soil which made farming easier.
  5. 10. A Mesopotamian invention that increased trade by sea.
  6. 11. A system that supplies farmland with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
  7. 12. The first writing system. It was on clay tablets.
  8. 13. The Mesopotamian God of Justice.
  9. 17. The gulf where the Tigris and Euphrates flow into.
Down
  1. 1. The people who served a role communicating between the Sumerians and the gods.
  2. 2. Craftspeople, or people who make things.
  3. 5. A large area or group of many lands governed by one ruler.
  4. 6. The belief in many gods.
  5. 9. A long story or poem that records the deeds of heros.
  6. 14. A king who created the first set of laws.
  7. 15. The ruler who conquered and united the city-states. He became the first emperor.
  8. 16. A Mesopotamian temple.