Across
- 4. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
- 6. a geographic area
- 7. fine particles of fertile soil
- 9. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
- 11. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
- 13. a person who studies planets and stars
- 14. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- 16. having many parts, details, or ideas
- 18. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
- 19. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
- 20. relating to soldiers, arms, or war
Down
- 1. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
- 2. moving or lying in the same direction and the same distance apart
- 3. a belief in more than one god
- 5. to be made up of
- 8. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
- 10. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
- 12. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
- 15. a set of official laws
- 17. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler