Across
- 3. the art of steering a ship
- 5. payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power
- 6. carved stone slab that stands on end
- 9. belief in more than one god
- 10. area ruled by a distant country
- 13. fairness
- 14. wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq
- 15. system of writing created by Sumerian priests
- 19. acting in a way that is ethically right
- 21. religious teacher
- 22. separation from one's homeland
- 23. works with others to achieve a shared goal
- 24. leader who rallied the Israelites to defend their land
- 25. weekly day of rest
- 26. system where people exchange goods without money
- 28. meeting place
- 31. a set of symbols where each stands for a certain sound
- 33. pyramid-shaped brick towers
- 34. goods sold within a country but produced in another country
- 36. first five books of the Hebrew Bible
- 37. communities of Jews living outside their ancient homeland
- 38. binding agreement
Down
- 1. region in the Middle East that stretches from the Gulf to the Med
- 2. set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
- 4. an independent state that includes a city and its surroundings territory
- 7. the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
- 8. ideas of right and wrong
- 10. a way of doing things that is common to a certain culture
- 11. soldiers who fight on horseback
- 12. state containing several countries or territories
- 15. spreading cultural traits from one region to another
- 16. belief in only one god
- 17. all members of a society must obey the law
- 18. to supply water to crops
- 20. permanent army of professional soldiers
- 27. goods produced in a country and then sold in another country
- 29. money used as a medium of exchange
- 30. an order to do something
- 32. chosen by God to bring truth to the people
- 35. a collection about the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law