Across
- 3. - the act of supplying water to land or crops
- 4. - a grouping of people in a society based usually based on wealth, religion, ethnicity, or other factors
- 8. - a law code enacted by Hammurabi, the king of Babylonia around 1772 BC
- 9. - the act of breaking a law or rule
- 10. - A set of laws for a certain area or subject
- 14. - rivers in the Middle East that form the region called Mesopotamia where the first civilizations were established
Down
- 1. - empire in Mesopotamia; Hammurabi was one of its rulers
- 2. - Man-made waterway used to bring water to use for farming or irrigation and for travel
- 5. - The practice of farming
- 6. - a person whose job is to copy letters, books, or other written materials by hand
- 7. - a city and the land surrounding it that is independently ruled; city-states are not a part of a larger government
- 11. - a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance
- 12. - Something owed to someone else, often money
- 13. - a wall built across a river or stream to stop the flow of water