Mesopotamian Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the science of building
  2. 7. a ruler of a kingdom or empire
  3. 9. countryside areas
  4. 10. long poem that tells the story of heroes
  5. 12. land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
  6. 13. type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
  7. 14. Chaldean King who rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city with hanging gardens
  8. 18. effect, result
  9. 20. picture symbols
  10. 24. people who preformed religious ceremonies
  11. 26. Akkadian Emperor who was one of the first rulers to have a permanent army
  12. 27. a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Down
  1. 1. a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
  2. 2. one of the Unuk’s kings who became a figure in Sumerian literature; “The Epic of Gilgamesh”
  3. 3. the world’s first system of writing
  4. 5. a wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle
  5. 6. human made waterways
  6. 8. writer
  7. 11. a large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
  8. 15. consisted of a city and all the countryside around it
  9. 16. a set of letters that can be combined to form words
  10. 17. pyramid shaped temple tower
  11. 19. a way of supplying water
  12. 21. the worship of many gods
  13. 22. more than they needed
  14. 23. hierarchy the division of society by rank or class
  15. 25. city