THE FERTILE CRESCENT
Across
- 2. the ruler of Babylonia
- 3. acted as independent state
- 4. code is a set of laws
- 8. the scattering of people who have a common belief
- 9. the alphabet recorded
- 10. belief in many gods
- 12. the Israelites sent to the far reaches of their empire
- 14. sounds for the shapes of the letter
- 15. a group of travelers
- 17. Fertile Crescent an area in southwest Asia
- 18. a place where they sale goods
- 19. ruled by one government
- 20. stories about many gods
Down
- 1. something that knocks down walls and doors
- 5. belief in one god
- 6. the capital city of Babylonia
- 7. a promise from god
- 11. a very skilled writer
- 13. a religious teacher who is regarded as someone who speaks to god or a god
- 16. a time with little or no food
- 20. an Israelite leader whom the torah credits with leading the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan