Mesopotamia Crossword

3. / goddess of the sea
4. / king of akkad that conquered sumer
7. / people who were responsible for daily prayers, ceremonies and sacrifices
8. / a person who buys and sells goods for profit
11. / a club-like weapon
14. / a temple in the shape of a tiered pyramid
15. / belief in more than one god
16. / one of the major rivers in Mesopotamia
17. / king who reestablished babylon as a major empire in 600 B.C.E
20. / system of ditches the mesopotamians used to water their crops
22. / the babylonian king known as the "strong king of babel"
23. / the social class that included kings, priests and government officials

1. / the assyrian armies used this as a weapon
2. / god of the air
5. / the capital city of assyria
6. / a government run through many departments and administrators
7. / the people who conquered mesopotamia in 539 B.C.E.
9. / an independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages
10. / the name of the mesopotamian afterlife
12. / a territory made up of many nations or groups of people that is ruled by an emperor
13. / an invention of the assyrians
18. / the type of grain that mesopotamian bread was made out of
19. / the patron god of assyria
21. / the patron god of babylon