Across
- 2. a set of written rules for people to obey
- 5. a group of territories and peoples brought together under one supreme ruler
- 6. an area of rich soil in the Middle East, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea through Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf
- 8. a payment of money or goods by one ruler to another in order to ensure protection
Down
- 1. the ruler of the Babylonian Empire from 1792 to 1750 B.C.E., who expanded the empire
- 3. forced removal from one's homeland
- 4. fair treatment of people, in keeping with the law
- 7. the ruler of an empire