Mesopotamia Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
  2. 3. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
  3. 6. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
  4. 7. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
  5. 8. fine particles of fertile soil
  6. 9. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
  7. 12. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
  8. 13. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
  9. 14. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
Down
  1. 2. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
  2. 4. a person who studies planets and stars
  3. 5. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
  4. 10. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
  5. 11. a belief in more than one god