Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 4. After the Sumerians Mesopotamia was ruled by
  2. 7. Land between the two rivers
  3. 8. This played a strong role in Mesopotamian life
  4. 10. The story of Gilgamesh is what type of story
  5. 12. The stele of _____ was a bunch of laws
  6. 15. Meaning "mountain" or "pinnacle"
  7. 17. Language in which musical lyrics were written
  8. 19. A stone slab, often carved in relief, set upright to commemorate a person or event
Down
  1. 1. Said "Justice should prevail in the land"
  2. 2. Writing on clay tablets with wedged shaped characters
  3. 3. Figures that come in several sizes and pictured with wide attentive eyes to pray to the gods
  4. 5. Made in a similar pattern
  5. 6. Sumerian literature that predates the Illiad
  6. 7. Music consisting of a single line
  7. 9. Used to be called Land of Sumer but is present day ____
  8. 11. a highly organized society capable of making dams
  9. 13. The head of the BULL-headed is what kind of animal
  10. 14. The birthplace of Abraham
  11. 16. This river along with the Euphrates were the two rivers between Mesopotamia
  12. 18. A serious but benevolent man who considered himself the "faithful shepherd"