Mesopotamia Vocabulary Review

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