Across
- 5. stiff curved material boosting a bow’s range
- 6. raised platform where plants may have grown in Babylon
- 10. group of people officially running a citystate or empire
- 12. Babylonian chief god who gained power after defeating Tiamat
- 13. way society is structured so people and resources work together
- 18. king who claimed gods chose him to bring justice
- 19. natural event turning dry earth into farmland
- 21. official appointed to keep distant cities loyal
- 24. chaos dragon goddess defeated by Marduk in a Mesopotamian creationmyth
- 25. extra food created when farming becomes successful
- 26. practical science made easier by Babylonian math
- 27. study of stars and sky that used base60 mathematics for tracking time
- 30. invention that made cities and permanent homes possible
- 33. written records about gods rituals and beliefs kept on clay tablets
- 34. trained fighter at the center of empire building
- 35. system of managing a city or empire through records and offices
- 39. tale that survived millennia on broken tablets
- 40. ancient lifestyle before farming changed everything
- 41. wild companion who changed a king’s heart
- 43. main building material when wood and stone were scarce
- 45. hero seeking meaning beyond power and violence
- 46. payment demanded by the victor from the defeated
- 48. soil made rich by river floods each year
- 50. what writing first existed to do before stories
- 51. idea that wrong actions deserve measured responses
- 52. when conquered cities try to fight back against an emperor like Sargon
Down
- 1. full-time troops stronger than farmers with spears
- 2. powerful Mesopotamian goddess of love and war linked to famous city gates
- 3. man-made channel bringing life to dry fields
- 4. long list of rules carved to keep society stable
- 7. Mesopotamian merchant known from a famous clay tablet complaining about bad copper
- 8. hard surface storing stories long after writers died
- 9. hidden muscle fiber giving bows deadly strength
- 11. western river shaping early civilization
- 14. missing proof that keeps the Gardens a mystery
- 15. command that makes life predictable in ancient cities
- 16. ancient wonder some say existed only in stories
- 17. ruler whose authority came from gods and armies
- 20. defensive structures showing city-states feared attack
- 22. oldest writing system pressed into wet clay
- 23. eastern river forming half of Mesopotamia’s cradle
- 27. farming of crops that created surplus food and allowed citylife to begin
- 28. small independent kingdom with one city at its heart
- 29. unusual number system shaping time and geometry today
- 31. wall of shields marching forward without fear
- 32. tall sacred tower believed to house a city’s god
- 36. consequence given when someone breaks a law in HammurabisCode
- 37. action Sargon repeated until rivals vanished
- 38. trained elite writer controlling knowledge and records
- 42. leader who united warring cities into one empire
- 44. weapon layered with horn and sinew for power
- 47. capital of the world’s first empire under Sargon
- 49. shape measured in degrees because of ancient choices