Across
- 2. the highest-ranking leader of a group of people
- 3. fine, fertile soil deposited by a river
- 4. an ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians, made up of wedge-shaped markings
- 8. a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands
- 9. a sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets
- 12. having little rainfall and warm temperatures
- 14. person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper
- 15. a period of little rainfall, in which growing crops becomes difficult
- 17. belief in many gods and goddesses
Down
- 1. a human society with an advanced level of development in a social and political organization and in the arts and sciences
- 5. the area of Southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers - home to many early civilizations
- 6. a picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea in an early system of writing
- 7. a metal that is a mixture of copper and tin
- 10. an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia, in which civilization arose around 3300 B.C.
- 11. an ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of step-like levels
- 13. an amount produced in excess of what is needed
- 16. flat land bordering the banks of a river