Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. States/territories controlled by one ruler
  2. 5. A set of 282 laws
  3. 10. Joins Euphrates to form fertile crescent
  4. 12. An enlarged bank built up on each side of a river
  5. 14. A government ruled by a king or queen
  6. 16. Independent city with its own laws/government
  7. 17. Joins Tigris to form fertile crescent
  8. 19. Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
  9. 20. Society with cities/government/socialclasses
  10. 22. Sun is the center of the universe
  11. 23. A number system based on 60
  12. 24. Dominated by men
Down
  1. 1. An artificial water way
  2. 2. "Land Between the Rivers"
  3. 3. Ancient people who lived in Sumer
  4. 6. The worship of more than one god/goddess
  5. 7. Land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  6. 8. The earliest civilization in Mesopotamia
  7. 9. Supplying land with water with canals
  8. 11. A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
  9. 13. A government controlled by religious leaders
  10. 15. Supreme power or authority
  11. 18. Hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
  12. 21. A stepped pyramid shaped temple tower