Across
- 2. Exchange of goods with other regions
- 5. Region of rich soil where farming began
- 7. Lowest group in society who performed hard labor
- 8. Babylonian king who created a written law code
- 11. One of the two major rivers in Mesopotamia
- 14. Extra crops that allowed people to trade
- 16. Religious leader who performed rituals
- 17. Ruler of a city state or empire
- 18. When workers focus on one job or skill
- 19. Independent city with its own ruler and laws
- 20. Leader who created the first empire
- 22. Skilled craftsperson who made goods
- 24. Goods or labor paid to support the government
Down
- 1. Level or rank in Mesopotamian society
- 2. Resource imported because Mesopotamia lacked trees
- 3. Set of written laws that applied to all people
- 4. Resource Mesopotamia traded for because they had few natural deposits
- 6. One of the two major rivers in Mesopotamia
- 9. Land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- 10. Belief in many gods
- 12. System used to bring water to fields
- 13. Person who recorded laws and economic transactions
- 15. Large territory ruled by one leader
- 21. Temple built to honor the gods
- 23. Early system of writing in Mesopotamia