Across
- 3. led the city-state of Akkad and created the world's first empire
- 4. schools where scribes learned to read and write
- 7. civilization known for trade and creating an alphabet
- 10. civilization known for military advancements and also creating a large library
- 12. chief god of the Babylonians
- 13. cities rules by kings that had their own independent governments.
- 15. land between the rivers
- 19. belief in multiple gods and goddesses
- 21. management of the rivers to water crops and control floods
Down
- 1. Babylonian king known for his written laws
- 2. system of writing that used clay tablet and wedge-shaped symbols
- 5. this could be the result of unpaid debts
- 6. epic poem which is the oldest story known
- 8. the farmers field belonged to him
- 9. temple dedicated to city's main god
- 11. area of land that includes mesopotamia; Fertile ___.
- 14. Mesopotamian civilizations grew wealthy from this
- 16. in Mesopotamia the number system was based on this
- 17. first civilization to develop in mesopotamia
- 18. rivers in Mesopotamia did this unpredictably
- 20. civilization that brought iron to Mesopotamia