Across
- 2. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
- 4. Small particles of fertile soil
- 6. a person who studied the stars, planets, and the moon
- 9. a pyramid shaped tower with a temple at the top
- 10. a group of many different lands under one ruler
- 11. a belief is more than one god
- 13. a district within a larger country or empire
Down
- 1. a sumerian writing system that used wedged-shaped marks in soft clay
- 2. an independent nation made up of a city ad land around it
- 3. a person who copies or writes about documents, often a record keeper
- 5. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
- 7. a way to supply dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
- 8. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
- 12. a long poem that tells the story of a hero