Ancient Mesopotamia

2. seizing control by force or war
3. a rich, curved area in the Middle East where some of the first farming and cities began
6. low land with a river, often good for farming
11. one of the first written legal system. 282 laws were carved on huge stones and place in public view
14. a building where people worship their gods and goddesses
15. the first writing system, using wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets
16. beliefs and practices about gods, world, and how people should live
17. Akkadian leader who established the world’s first empire
18. a vast area with one ruler who controls diverse people and lands
19. designing and building structures: houses, temples, palaces
21. urban societies; large groups in cities with government, culture, and technology
22. something handed down from the past, like ideas, inventions or traditions
23. trained group protecting an expanding country or empire, often by fighting
24. relating to Akkad, the first empire in Mesopotamia, or its people and lands

1. a place where books, tablets, or scrolls are collected for reading and learning
2. the spreading of ideas, customs, and technologies from one culture to another
4. a city with its own government and laws
5. recording words, ideas, and information for sharing and remembering
7. tools and inventions that are problem-solving and life easing
8. a great or important thing someone had done or created
9. the study of the Earth’s land, water, and how people interact with their environment
10. famous Babylonian king who created an early set of written laws
12. the study of stars, planets, and space beyond earth
13. a huge, stepped tower built as a temple in Sumerian cities
20. a system for bringing water to crops to help them grow, especially in dry places