Mesopotamia

5. A large area of land in the Middle East that is shaped like an arc.
6. This river flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf.
7. This person's job was to write in cuneiform.
10. King of Babylon who built the Hanging Gardens.
14. The earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia.
15. The easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia.
16. One of the oldest recorded codes of laws in the world.
17. The modern-day location of the Mesopotamian Empire.
18. Under Hammurabi's rule, this city became the most powerful city in the world.

1. This group had control of northern Mesopotamia after the Akkadian Empire fell.
2. Natives or inhabitants of ancient Persia or modern Iran.
3. A division of a society based on social and economic status.
4. The people of the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia after the long-lived civilization of Sumer.
6. An epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia; regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature.
8. The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area.
9. Earliest form of writing; named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions which form its signs.
11. Large, pyramid-shaped temples usually located at the center of a Mesopotamian city.
12. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
13. This Akkadian was the first in history to rule over an empire.
16. An independently governed region that is centered around a single powerful city.