Beginnings of Mesopotamia Review

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Across
  1. 3. Water wheel
  2. 4. Wall built along a river to prevent flood damage
  3. 5. Loose fertile soil rich in minerals & nutrients
  4. 7. Weighted bucket mechanism that lifted water from the rivers
  5. 9. Beginning of a river
  6. 10. Long period without rain
  7. 13. Crescent Shaped Ancient Area from Persian Gulf to Med. Sea
Down
  1. 1. Bring water to the crops
  2. 2. Train plants or animals to be useful to humans
  3. 6. Raising of crops & animals (farming)
  4. 7. Tool used to plow & plant at the same time
  5. 8. End of a River
  6. 11. Greek name meaning "land between the rivers"
  7. 12. Name for Fertile Crescent as the birthplace of civilization