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