Mesopotamia Review Part 1

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Across
  1. 3. the largest and most populated group of city states in the fertile crescent (est. 3500 BC)
  2. 6. term used to describe land that is good for growing crops
  3. 8. famous ruler whose law code was one of the first written legal systems in the world
  4. 11. outdoor marketplace in the city state for selling food and other goods
  5. 14. this was a way for the people in Mesopotamia to control the flow of water into their farms for crops
  6. 16. you could become one of these to pay off a debt, or by being captured in war
  7. 17. rivers would do this at times, and could wash away crops and entire villages
  8. 18. Epic story about this person, a former half man half god-king of Uruk
  9. 19. Mesopotamia translates to mean land between the _________
Down
  1. 1. the only person allowed inside the Ziggurat
  2. 2. The river other than the Tigris that makes up the Fertile Crescent
  3. 4. written language created in Mesopotamia to keep records
  4. 5. a period of time when there is not enough water
  5. 7. people who write as a job, considered a very valuable skill in Sumer
  6. 9. a mixture of copper and tin
  7. 10. city built along the Euphrates river that became the capital under Hammurabi
  8. 12. pyramid shaped temple inside the city state to honor the gods
  9. 13. the material deposited onto the land from rivers after flooding
  10. 15. the first ever area where civilizations developed in the Fertile Crescent