key words

2. To supply water to
5. ocean traders who spread their culture over a wide area
7. the art of steering a ship from place to place
9. A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to the Persian Gulf Mesopotamia Wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq
11. diffusion the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another
14. Wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq
15. a good or service sold within a country that is produced in other country
16. Money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins.
17. A carved stone slab or pillar that stand on end.
19. Idea that all members of a society even the rich and powerful must obey the law
20. Independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political
23. Brick, pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple.
24. a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the countries borders

1. system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
3. Independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
4. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
6. State containing several countries or territories
8. A permanent army of professional soldiers.
10. Idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
12. Soldiers who fight while riding horses.
13. Worship of many gods or deities
16. in area ruled by distant country
18. a small set of letters or symbols each of which stands for a single sound
21. A payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power.
22. Trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money