Across
- 2. a person who studies stars, planets, and the moon
- 3. a long poem that tells the story of a hero
- 5. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
- 9. small particles of fertile soil
- 12. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
- 13. a payment made to a ruler or a state as a sign of surrender
- 14. a district within a large country or empire
Down
- 1. a group of many different lands under one ruler
- 4. a way to supply dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
- 6. an independent nation made up of city and land around it
- 7. a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top
- 8. a Sumerian writing system that used wedge-shaped makes made from soft clay
- 10. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
- 11. is a belief in more than one god