The Sumerians - Lesson 1

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Across
  1. 3. plants farmed for eating
  2. 6. extra amount of food resources
  3. 8. a large Sumerian temple built to honor Gods
  4. 9. heroic story told as a long poem
  5. 10. waterway dug to direct water to crops
  6. 12. small particles of soil left behind after a river floods
  7. 13. a society dominated by men
  8. 14. the land between the rivers
  9. 15. people whose job it was to write for officials; record keepers
Down
  1. 1. form of Sumerian writing consisting of symbols representing names, numbers, and objects
  2. 2. the belief in only one God
  3. 3. made up of
  4. 4. purposely directing water through canals to
  5. 5. a city with surrounding territory that is independent from others
  6. 7. the belief in more than one God; the worship of many Gods
  7. 11. running side by side in the same direction