Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 2. Very little of Ancient Mesopotamia is still around today because most of the structures were made from sun-dried _____ that didn't last long.
  2. 5. ______ was the most famous king of Babylon.
  3. 7. Mesopotamia was part of an area of land called the _____ Crescent.
  4. 8. The Sumerians invented writing and ________.
  5. 12. The _____ was likely invented by the Sumerians.
  6. 13. The rule of the Assyrians and Babylonians was ended by the ______.
  7. 16. In the Code of Hammurabi, ______ varied based on the social class of the accused and the accuser.
  8. 17. The Babylonians were the first to _____ down their system of law.
  9. 19. The Sumerians were the first humans to form a ______.
Down
  1. 1. They were able to grow crops on large farms, so their towns became large _______.
  2. 2. _______ was the most powerful city in Mesopotamia.
  3. 3. The Akkadians formed the first united ______.
  4. 4. The Code of Hammurabi might be the oldest ______ law in the world.
  5. 6. More than 250 laws were carved into the _____ of Hammurabi.
  6. 9. Mesopotamia was between (and around) the Tigris and ______ Rivers.
  7. 10. Mesopotamia was mainly in modern-day Iraq, Iran, Syria, and ____.
  8. 11. A temple to the city's god that sat in the center of each city was called a _______.
  9. 14. The Assyrians were a _____ society from the northern part of Mesopotamia.
  10. 15. There was plenty of water from the rivers, so the land was very ______, making it good for farming.
  11. 18. "Mesopotamia" means the land between _______.