Across
- 4. Mesopotamia is between this river and the Euphrates
- 8. founded the Persian empire; conquered Median
- 9. they were defeated by the Akkadians
- 11. Sumerian king often compared to Hercules
- 13. this king enslaved the Hebrews
- 14. Babylonian king; wrote the first set of written laws
Down
- 1. a writing system used by the Sumerians
- 2. monotheistic religion of the Persians
- 3. where Ancient Mesopotamians worshipped
- 5. the king who established the Akkadian Empire
- 6. Major architectural invention of Sumerians
- 7. Assyrian king who built a great library
- 10. the first civilization in Mesopotamia
- 12. the present day country where Mesopotamia was