Across
- 2. Key traits of a complex society
- 3. “Eye for an eye” law system
- 6. Babylonian king known for strict laws
- 7. Two rivers that supported Mesopotamia
- 9. Extra supply, often of food
- 12. Land between the Tigris and Euphrates
- 14. Area of rich land shaped like a moon
- 15. Belief in many gods
- 16. How land and location affect history
Down
- 1. Ranking of people by class or status
- 4. Farming and growing crops
- 5. Early civilization in southern Mesopotamia
- 6. Background events explaining history
- 8. Stepped pyramid temples in Mesopotamia
- 10. First system of writing using wedge shapes
- 11. Oldest known epic story
- 13. Man-made ways of moving water for farming