Mesopotamian Civilizations

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Across
  1. 2. a person who studies planets and stars
  2. 4. The governing system of which a king or queen rules
  3. 7. King of Babylon
  4. 10. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
  5. 13. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
  6. 14. A skilled craftsperson who makes things like houses
  7. 17. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
  8. 18. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
  9. 21. What the Hittites teach the Assyrians to make (2 WORDS - NO SPACES)
  10. 22. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
  11. 23. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory (2 WORDS - NO SPACES)
  12. 24. a belief in more than one god
  13. 25. Why the first civilizations settle on the river banks
Down
  1. 1. "land between the rivers"
  2. 3. group that rebelled against the Assyrians
  3. 5. Capital of Assyria
  4. 6. King Nebuchadrezzar II's creation of lush greenery that hung down over the walls, plantings were on rooftops and tall terraces all kept green by a watering system (2 WORDS - NO SPACES)
  5. 8. a large territory or group of many people governed by one ruler
  6. 9. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
  7. 11. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
  8. 12. first written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey.- An eye for an eye (2 WORDS - NO SPACES)
  9. 15. very harsh people who exploited the use of iron weapons to build their Mesopotamian empire, which lasted less than 100 years. they had a king with absolute power
  10. 16. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
  11. 19. fine particles of fertile soil
  12. 20. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay