Across
- 4. the amount left over after a need is met
- 5. small particles of rich soil
- 6. a large territory led by one ruler or king
- 8. a group of traveling merchants
- 9. a Sumerian temple to honor the gods
- 10. a payment made to a ruler or king
- 12. a political district of an empire
- 13. a city that has its own government
- 14. a poem about the deeds of a hero
Down
- 1. Sumerians who learned to write
- 2. someone who studies the stars and planets
- 3. a form of writing developed by Sumer
- 7. a method that brings water to crops
- 11. the belief in more than one god