Across
- 3. Abraham came from here
- 4. Hanging gardens of...
- 8. form of writing
- 9. Assyrian Empire capital city
- 11. one who studies stars and planets
- 14. pyramid-shaped structure with temple on top
- 16. Where the first civilizations arose
Down
- 1. two rivers empty here
- 2. Mesopotamia, Turkey, Syria,Lebanon etc.
- 5. King who destroyed Temple in Jerusalem
- 6. a river in Mesopotamia
- 7. Greek for "land between the rivers"
- 10. world's first known emperor
- 12. king of the Persians
- 13. He created the first law code
- 15. People taken to Babylon in captivity