Mesopotamia

2. both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers do this every year....it fertilizes the soil
5. the "fertile" arc of land surrounding the Tigris / Euphrates/ and Jordan Rivers is called the ____ ____
7. the wedged shaped writing of the Sumerians
9. this famous king of Babylon created one of the world's first major law codes
11. the Mesopotamians believed in many gods, thus they are considered
12. the first urban society of Mesopotamia (made up of city-states)

1. "land between the rivers"
3. this ancient Law is even more important than Hammurabi's as it changes the world for thousands of years to come
4. this famous warrior story of the Mesopotamians includes a global flood account
6. a Mesopotamian temple ("mountain of god")
8. the Sumerian invented this.....its "how they roll"
10. Sumer was made up of a collection of independent ____ _____.