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