Across
- 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.
- 5. ______ was the most famous king of Babylon.
- 7. Mesopotamia was part of an area of land called the _____ Crescent.
- 8. The Sumerians invented writing and ________.
- 12. The _____ was likely invented by the Sumerians.
- 13. The rule of the Assyrians and Babylonians was ended by the ______.
- 16. In the Code of Hammurabi, ______ varied based on the social class of the accused and the accuser.
- 17. The Babylonians were the first to _____ down their system of law.
- 19. The Sumerians were the first humans to form a ______.
Down
- 1. They were able to grow crops on large farms, so their towns became large _______.
- 2. _______ was the most powerful city in Mesopotamia.
- 3. The Akkadians formed the first united ______.
- 4. The Code of Hammurabi might be the oldest ______ law in the world.
- 6. More than 250 laws were carved into the _____ of Hammurabi.
- 9. Mesopotamia was between (and around) the Tigris and ______ Rivers.
- 10. Mesopotamia was mainly in modern-day Iraq, Iran, Syria, and ____.
- 11. A temple to the city's god that sat in the center of each city was called a _______.
- 14. The Assyrians were a _____ society from the northern part of Mesopotamia.
- 15. There was plenty of water from the rivers, so the land was very ______, making it good for farming.
- 18. "Mesopotamia" means the land between _______.
