Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 3. What is the name of the river to the north Mesopotamia?
  2. 5. What is the name of the man that created a code of 282 laws?
  3. 7. Who was the King of the Chaldeans?
  4. 9. Name an advancement of the Hittites. (hint...it starts with c)
  5. 10. What is the term for the world's first system of writing?
  6. 11. What is the name of the area that was also called the land between two rivers?
  7. 16. What did the Hittites become masters in that helped them to make strong weapons?
  8. 18. What is the name of the civilization that ruled from Ninevah? (pg. 79)
  9. 20. What is the term for a long poem that tells the story of a hero?
  10. 21. The Phoenicians created the worlds 1st _________.
  11. 23. Mesopotamia is in present day _______. (a country)
  12. 24. What was the primary building material used by the Sumerians?
  13. 25. The Mesopotamian people worshipped _____ gods.
  14. 26. Who was at the bottom of the social class in Mesopotamia?
Down
  1. 1. What is the term for a pyramid shaped temple that was built to honor the many gods?
  2. 2. What is the term for the way of supplying water to an area of land?
  3. 4. Babylon was the center of what ancient empire?
  4. 6. What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle? Iron weapons and ______.
  5. 8. Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was found in Babylon?
  6. 12. What is the term for a group of lands all under the control of one person?
  7. 13. Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up which group?
  8. 14. What is the term for the belief in many gods?
  9. 15. Who invented the calendar, solved geometry, and studied the stars?
  10. 17. Who was at the top of the social class in Mesopotamia?
  11. 19. What is the term for someone that learned how to write?
  12. 22. Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar both ruled _______.