Across
- 6. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or
- 7. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire.
- 9. a belief in more than one god.
- 12. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.
- 14. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians.
Down
- 1. a person who studies planets and stars.
- 2. a person who copies or writes out documents.
- 3. a group of merchants traveling together for safety.
- 4. an amount that has been left over after a need has been met.
- 5. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero.
- 8. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
- 10. fine particles of fertile soil.
- 11. a pyramid shaped temple.
- 13. a large territory or group of may territories governed by one ruler.