Across
- 3. the things, both cultural and technological, left to us from the past.
- 5. included the city and its surroundings land and settlements
- 7. most famous Chaldean king. His rule lasted for 43 years.
- 8. administrative districts
- 9. means "land between rivers." Present day Iraq.
- 10. an area in the southern part of the region. Made of a dozen advanced, self-governing city-states.
- 12. formal series of acts always performed in the same way
- 14. ruled Persia at its height. Expanded the empire until it grew to about 2,800 miles.
- 15. protection tax
- 17. the lower river in Mesopotamia
- 21. substances from which other things are made
- 23. fine and fertile soil
- 24. became the sixth king of Babylon
- 25. outposts of people from one land who live in another land
- 26. pictographs that became the first Sumerian writing
- 27. people who are skilled at making things by hand
Down
- 1. a belief in many gods
- 2. called, "mountain top" a huge pyramid-shaped temple
- 4. ancient Mesopotamian ruler who has inspired stories for nearly 4,500 years.
- 6. an order based on power and wealth
- 10. governors
- 11. the upper river in Mesopotamia
- 13. sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others
- 16. watering fields using human-made systems
- 18. partnerships
- 19. led a successful uprising against the Medes and captured the Babylonian Empire.
- 20. widespread hunger
- 22. a group of different lands and people governed by one ruler