Unit 2 Mesopotamian Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. the writing system invented by the Sumerians; means "wedge-shaped"
  2. 5. a Sumerian temple
  3. 10. a system to articfically supply dry land with water
  4. 13. not only the city, but the area surrounding the city (hypenated word)
  5. 15. the material used to make bricks
  6. 17. means "between two rivers"
  7. 20. the world's first civilizaton
Down
  1. 1. a forecast of a person's future, based on a diagram of the planets and stars at a given moment
  2. 2. people who perform religious rites
  3. 4. one of two rivers that forms Mesopotamia
  4. 6. northernmost river of MEsOpoTamia
  5. 7. the name given to a writer in ancient civilizations
  6. 8. was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; built by Nebuchadnezzer to please his wife; the Hanging ______
  7. 9. moist, sticky earth that can be shaped when wet but hardens when heated; was used to make tablets in Sumeria
  8. 11. rulers of ancient Mesopotamia were called this
  9. 12. Babylonian king who wrote first code of laws
  10. 14. a Sumerian invention that made planting easier and faster which led to a food-surplus, then also specialization
  11. 16. set of laws created by Hammurabi
  12. 18. a collection of kingdoms under one powerful ruler; Sargon created the first of these
  13. 19. the study of space, stars, and planets