Topic 2/Ancient Mesopotamia
Across
- 2. belief or worship of many gods
- 5. a permanent army of professional soldiers
- 7. independent state that works with another state to achieve a military or political goal
- 8. a payment or gift to a stronger power
- 9. wide flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present day Iraq
- 13. a region that is good for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast to the Persian Gulf
- 14. soldiers who fight while riding horses
- 16. Mesopotamian system of writing that uses symbols to stand for ideas or things
- 18. a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
Down
- 1. brick, pyramid shaped Mesopotamian temple
- 3. independent state consisting of the city and its surrounding territory
- 4. the idea that all members of society must obey the laws
- 6. a large stone pillar
- 10. to supply water to
- 11. a trading system where people trade actual products, no money is used
- 12. a way of doing things that is common in a culture
- 15. state consisting several countries or territories
- 17. money