Across
- 4. a danger of living near rivers
- 5. division of _________ means that people could specialize in different jobs such as crafters, religious leaders, and government workers
- 6. livestock, birds, fish were other sources of this
- 10. human-made waterways
- 12. more than needed
- 13. a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks that made land ideal for farming
- 14. Agriculture began in Mesopotamia seven _________ years ago
- 16. large arc or rich farmland in SW Asia
- 18. where civilizations grew along these
- 19. wheat, barley, and other types of grain
- 20. one of the rivers in Mesopotamia
Down
- 1. "between the rivers" in Greek
- 2. Mesopotamia relied on rivers because it received little of this
- 3. plants and animals were changed for human use
- 7. a way of supplying water to an area
- 8. these grew in rich soil
- 9. the two rivers flowed along an area of flat land
- 11. hunter-gatherers eventually created a
- 15. continent of Mesopotamia
- 17. one of the rivers in Mesopotamia