Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. A group of people with a shared culture who live together and create advanced ways of thinking and organizing.The society, culture, and way of life in a particular region
  2. 7. A period of time where crops are not growing and people can’t get enough food.
  3. 8. Crescent The area around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where the ground was good for farming.
  4. 9. Long poems that tell stories of heroes.
  5. 11. Massive, pyramid-like stepped structure that was built as a dedication to the gods and goddesses. A step pyramid which served as a temple and was located at the center of each city-state
  6. 13. A Group of territories or cultures controlled by one ruler. Territories and groups of people under a single rule.
  7. 14. An area of countryside, not a town or city.
Down
  1. 1. The belief in more than one god or spiritual being.
  2. 2. The world’s first writing system, made out of wedge-shaped symbols
  3. 3. A person or people who specialize in writing and serves as a record keeper
  4. 4. Methods of bringing water to fields or crops.
  5. 5. An independent city and the surrounding area.
  6. 6. A set of rules or laws.
  7. 10. More than is needed, extra.
  8. 12. An area around and including a city