Mesopotamia Vocabulary Review
Across
- 2. a god or goddess adopted and honored by a community
- 5. the system of ancient writing invented in Sumer
- 8. a system of controlling water from a river to bring water to crops
- 9. a characteristic of complex societies where people have different levels of wealth, power, or status
- 10. a person who works as a professional writer for the government or for a business
- 11. a city that forms an independent state with its surrounding territory
Down
- 1. an upright stone slab or pillar with an inscription or design
- 3. one of the two major rivers that flowed through ancient Mesopotamia
- 4. a major political unit with a large territory united under one ruler
- 6. a waterway made by people to control water and irrigate farms
- 7. a massive temple building with multiple stepped layers
- 12. one of the two major rivers that flowed through ancient Mesopotamia