key words

2. Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
4. A permanent army of professional soldiers.
6. A payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power.
7. Money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins.
8. An area ruled by a distant area
10. The spreading of cultural traits from one region to another.
11. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
15. The art of steering a ship from place to place.
16. A smaller set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound.
18. To supply water to
20. Idea that all member of society- even the rich and powerful- must obey the law
22. Independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
24. A good or service produce within a country and sold outside the country’s borders

1. Brick, pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple
3. A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the mediterranean coast east through mesopotamia( modern Iraq ) to the Persian Gulf.
5. Wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present day Iraq
9. Soldiers who fight while riding horses
12. Idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
13. Worship of many gods or deities
14. State containing several countries or territories
17. Trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
19. A good or service sold within a country that is produced is another country.
21. A carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end.
23. Independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal