Ancient Mesopotamia Crossword

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  1. 3. of Hammurabi. Oldest written book of law in the world.
  2. 4. Hanging Garden of Babylon. Built by Nebuchadnezzar for the enjoyment of his wife.
  3. 7. crescent, land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
  4. 9. A agricultural area walled city in the center of the region, ruled by its own government led by a king.
  5. 11. One of the worlds first city-states.
  6. 13. Empire, founded by Hammurabi in 1792 BCE, the Babylonian were the first to form an empire that would encompass all of Mesopotamia.
  7. 14. He was a king of the Babylonian empire who constructed Hanging garden of Babylon and Jerusalem's temple.
  8. 15. King of the Babylonian gods
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  1. 1. Written language that evolved from pictographs to phonograms.
  2. 2. A social order ruled by a king. Demigod, The belief that king were part man and part god.
  3. 4. Epic of Gilgamesh. One of the oldest and most famous stories about demigod.
  4. 5. the belief that kings were part man and part god.
  5. 6. Large Temples found in the middle of a town.
  6. 8. Religious belief in more than one god.
  7. 10. Empire, The Assyrians were one of the major peoples to live in Mesopotamia during ancient times. Fertile Crescent, Land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
  8. 12. Important king who developed an overarching set laws for all citizens to follow.