The Rise of Sumerian City-States Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a substance that lies between or above other things.
  2. 6. fine particles of rock.
  3. 9. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf.
  4. 10. a means of supplying land with water
  5. 11. an area in southern Mesopotamia, were cities first appeared.
  6. 12. a resource that can be used to make something else.
  7. 13. arranged in a difficult way.
Down
  1. 1. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.
  2. 2. to keep something in good condition through continual repair.
  3. 4. a strong disagreement.
  4. 5. an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
  5. 7. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf.
  6. 8. the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in ancient times.