Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a way of supplying water to an area of land
  2. 4. a mixture of rich soil and rocks
  3. 7. area of rich or fertile farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
  4. 11. the division of society by rank or class
  5. 12. trees and flowers grew on its terraces and roofs; from the ground the gardens looked like they were hanging in the air
  6. 14. Mesopotamia-the birth place of all civilizations
  7. 15. countryside areas
Down
  1. 1. a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
  2. 3. worship of many gods
  3. 5. wealthy trading society that was at the Western end of Mesopotamia; developed the first alphabet
  4. 6. a pyramid shaped temple tower
  5. 8. the monotheistic religion of the Jews.
  6. 9. long poems that tell stories of heroes
  7. 10. city areas
  8. 11. a writer
  9. 13. the world’s first system of writing