Mesopotamia | test review crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. land that works well for farming
  2. 3. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
  3. 7. a belief in more than one god (belief in multiple gods)
  4. 11. a system that supplies dry land with water thorough ditches, pipes or streams
  5. 13. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels and goods for trading
  6. 14. an amount that is left over after need has been met
  7. 15. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
  8. 16. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory; a city that is like its own country (no hyphen)
Down
  1. 1. A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
  2. 4. A set of official laws
  3. 5. the Euphrates and ___________ rivers make up the region of Mesopotamia
  4. 6. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
  5. 8. the continent that Mesopotamia is on
  6. 9. the leader of the Akkadians
  7. 10. the leader of the Babylonians
  8. 12. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record-keeper
  9. 17. fine particles of fertile soil