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