Across
- 2. person who believes in 2 or more gods.
- 5. of Hammurabi - A written code of law from 1772 BC. It was put in place by Babylonian King Hammurabi. It is one of the oldest detailed recordings of a code of law in world history.
- 6. was the ruler of the city/state of Babylon. He ruled between 1790 and 1750 B.C.
- 7. Crescent/The crescent-shaped land that held the Babylonian and Assyrian empires in Mesopotamia.
- 9. tame an animal, or to discover a plant.
- 12. first ruler of Mesopotamia
- 13. huge temple was made out of mud-bricks.
- 14. one family rules a kingdom or empire for a period of time, passing down the reign to the next generation.
Down
- 1. village or city with rural area surrounding it
- 3. large number of states or regions that are ruled by a single leader called the emperor or empress.
- 4. person who writes things for others
- 5. system of writing developed in Mesopotamia.
- 8. area where present day Iraq is
- 10. civilization is an advanced state of human society. Typically a civilization is marked by advanced government, agriculture, science, and culture.
- 11. The ancient empire in SW Asia, in the lower Euphrates valley. The capital is Babylon.