Mesopotamian Crossword

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