Mesopotamia

3. the worship of many gods
6. a human made waterway
8. a trader
9. the world’s first system of writing
10. a system or stage of economic life in which money replaces barter in exchange for goods
12. the ruler of an empire
13. a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming
15. land with different territories and people under a single rule
18. a wheeled, horse drawn cart used in battle
19. exchange for other goods or services without using money
20. the rule of law that means everyone must obey the law and no one is above the law

1. more of something than is needed
2. a picture symbol
4. a set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon; the earliest known collection of written laws
5. an area of rich farmland in southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
7. a way of supplying water to an area of land
11. the system to govern a state or community
14. a writer
16. a ruler of a kingdom or empire
17. a pyramid-shaped temple in Sumer