Across
- 4. a system supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
- 6. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge shaped marks made in soft clay
- 8. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
- 9. a belief in more than one god
- 10. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
- 13. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of a surrender
Down
- 1. a person who studies planets and stars
- 2. a person who copies or writer out documents, often a record keeper
- 3. a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top
- 5. a long territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
- 6. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
- 7. a long poem that records that deeds of a legendary or real hero
- 11. fine particles of fertile soil
- 12. an amount that is left over after a need has been met