Across
- 3. the geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
- 7. fine sand or soil carried by running water and deposited on land
- 8. to prepare and use land for crops
Down
- 1. a yellowish-brown metal which is a mixture of copper and tin
- 2. to tame in order to keep or grow, as with a wild animal or a wild plant
- 4. a man-made system for moving water from its source to where it can be used for growing crops
- 5. the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification
- 6. able to support the healthy growth of many things, especially plants