Across
- 2. an area in the Middle East known for its ability to grow crops and its shape like a crescent moon
- 3. the chief god of the Canaanites
- 6. rule by one city or people over other cities or people
- 11. akkadian king who conquered the Sumerians
- 13. making laws known
- 14. rules people follow in living together
- 15. the chief god of Babylon who became king of all the gods
- 16. the center of the ancient world
- 17. descendants of those who stayed near the old tower of babel after the dispersion
- 20. part of the world where the continents of africa, asia, and europe meet
- 21. one of the two great rivers in the Fertile Crescent, means arrow
- 22. one who worships many gods
- 25. the valley also called Armageddon of world history
- 26. jacobs son who was sold into slavery by his brothers
- 27. the sun god who supposedly gave Hammurabi authorityto make his code of laws
- 29. one who worships only one god
Down
- 1. the moon god that supposedly owned the city Ur
- 3. a group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern
- 4. a tower built in tiers or stages, each stage smaller than the one beneath, all atop a large mound of clay or debris
- 5. wedge-shaped writing
- 7. a nation or people living in its own land withits own government
- 8. one of the most important cities of the land Sumer, the city where God called Abraham to leave
- 9. one of the two great rivers in the Fertile Crescent, means that makes fruitful
- 10. the god of the sky
- 12. father of the nation Insrael
- 18. the land between and immediately around the Tigris and Euphrates. Means land between rivers
- 19. abraham, isaac, jacob
- 23. the scattering of people over the earth
- 24. king of babylon who united all of mesopotamia
- 28. one who makes men into gods