Sumerian Civilization

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Across
  1. 1. belief that the patterns of the stars influence human behavior and destiny
  2. 4. the king who led the Akkadians to conquer the Sumerian cities and create one empire around 2270 BC
  3. 6. the killing of an animal to show the seriousness with which a covenant was made
  4. 10. the people who conquered the Sumerians, led by King Sargon
  5. 12. a great stone in the center of town or temple containing public laws or records
  6. 14. one who could read and write; a rare gift in the ancient world
  7. 16. Gilgamesh's city in Sumer, founded around 3200 BC
  8. 17. Around 1750 BC this King of Babylon wrote a Code of Laws carved into a stele
  9. 19. goddess of love and fertility
  10. 20. king of the gods
  11. 22. a Sumerian invention: pathways of water from rivers to irrigate the farms
  12. 24. to tame animals for food, milk, and skins; a Sumerian invention
  13. 25. from Egypt to Sumer is the ______ Crescent
  14. 26. material used for writing tablets
  15. 27. someone who represent the gods to the people and the people to the gods
Down
  1. 2. great and sometimes cruel King of Uruk
  2. 3. Mesopotamian god of fertility
  3. 5. to trade goods
  4. 7. a public sacrifice between people making promises
  5. 8. Mesopotamian god of waters and wisdom
  6. 9. a tall worship tower in Mesopotamia
  7. 11. Sumerian word for their land, which means "Between the Rivers"
  8. 13. the Tigris and _______ Rivers
  9. 15. wild creature man of the forest
  10. 18. to live forever (eternal life)
  11. 21. math; one of the subjects taught in Sumerian schools, along with the Sumerian invention of writing
  12. 22. the wedge style writing of Sumer
  13. 23. a statue of a god, kept in the temple