Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. a city with its surrounding countryside areas
  2. 5. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
  3. 6. a person who performs religious ceremonies
  4. 7. of labor the assignment of particular jobs or tasks for each worker
  5. 9. a ruler of an empire
  6. 11. extra; more than what's needed
  7. 13. a set of 282 laws made by a strong military leader and ruler that had to do with most of everyday life
  8. 15. the belief in more than one god
  9. 16. city areas
  10. 18. man-made waterways that help bring water in the process of irrigation
  11. 20. a wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in battles
  12. 21. the division of society by different levels or class
  13. 23. land with different people and territories under a single ruler
  14. 24. the world’s first system of writing with the use of a stylus, a sharp tool used to carve symbols on clay tablets
Down
  1. 1. picture symbols
  2. 3. a king of Kish who built Akkad into a military power; known for being one of the first military leaders to have soldiers use bows and arrows
  3. 4. writer
  4. 8. a way of supplying water to crops and fields
  5. 10. a crescent-shaped area of land with rich farming soil, located between the Asia Minor and Persian Gulf
  6. 12. a combination of soil and tiny rocks, brought to the Fertile Crescent by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  7. 14. countryside areas
  8. 17. the science of building
  9. 19. a set of letters that can be combined to create words and sentences
  10. 22. a long poem that tells a story of heroes and legendary figures